Sheerwater Consulting ยท Woking, UK
Infrastructure for small teams
On-prem servers, cloud platforms and local AI machines. Designed, built and handed over at a fixed price.
On-prem
Proxmox or VMware on your own hardware: servers, storage and networking, written up so your team can run it.
Local AI
A GPU machine in your own office that runs language models, so your documents stay in the building.
Cloud
Azure or AWS set up properly in Terraform, with Kubernetes and deployment pipelines when you need them.
One price, agreed up front
Every package has a written scope and a fixed price before we start.
Packages
Each one has a written scope and a fixed price. We confirm the price in writing after a short call.
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On-prem infrastructure design and build
Servers, storage and networking designed and built in your own rooms or racks, on VMware or Proxmox, and handed over documented.
Fixed price3-8 weeks -
Local AI and GPU machine build
A GPU workstation or server specified, built and configured to run language models on your own premises, so your data stays with you.
Fixed price2-6 weeks -
Cloud landing zone
An Azure or AWS foundation written in Terraform: networking, identity, logging and cost controls.
Fixed price2-3 weeks -
Kubernetes baseline
A hardened cluster with ingress, TLS and monitoring, ready for your first workloads.
Fixed price2-4 weeks -
CI/CD pipeline
Automated build, test and deploy, so releases stop depending on one person's laptop.
Fixed price1-3 weeks -
Linux estate automation
Ansible roles that build, patch and harden your Linux servers the same way every time.
Fixed price2-4 weeks -
HPC and GPU cluster setup
Slurm scheduling, shared storage and GPU support for a research group or lab.
Fixed price3-6 weeks -
Private AI pilot
A language model running on your own infrastructure, tested on one real use case.
Fixed price3-5 weeks -
Application development
A custom web or mobile app, designed, built and launched in agreed phases, on infrastructure we set up properly.
Fixed price4-12 weeks, in phases
How a project runs
Scoping call
Thirty minutes, free. If we are not the right people for the job, we will say so.
Written scope
One page: what we build, what we do not, how long it takes and the price.
Build
Weekly demos. Everything goes into your own repositories, so you keep the work.
Handover
A runbook and a walkthrough for your team. Support afterwards is optional.
Sheerwater is run by Nayeem An-noor, an infrastructure engineer with more than five years across Linux, HPC, cloud and public-sector systems. He handles the architecture, the security decisions and every client conversation.
A small in-house team helps with the build, and he reviews every change before it reaches you.
Early client pricing. We are still building our first references, so early clients get a lower fixed price in return for a short written reference.
Want to work with us?
We take people on by the project. Roles open once work is signed, so register your interest and we will get in touch when something fits.
Got a project?
Tell us what you are trying to do. You will get a straight answer on scope, price and timing within a couple of working days.