NetActuate, a provider of global edge infrastructure and network services, announced its partnership with NETINT Technologies to bring high-performance video processing to developers and media platforms through a flexible, on-demand infrastructure model.The collaboration enables media companies, streaming platforms, and SaaS providers to deploy hardware-accelerated video encoding and decoding workloads on NetActuate’s distributed infrastructure in 45+ global PoPs in every major media market.

NETINT’s Smart VPU technology is purpose-built for modern video applications, delivering hardware-accelerated video encoding designed for cloud-scale deployments. Compared with traditional CPU-based video processing, VPUs can deliver dramatically lower total cost of ownership while enabling high-performance video processing for applications such as live streaming, and immersive media.

“As the video industry makes the shift from software to VPU-powered video encoding, we are seeing streamers seek ready-to-go platforms with VPU support,” said Randal Horne, CRO, NETINT Technologies. “By working with NetActuate, developers and media platforms have an easy way to validate NETINT VPUs. This allows organizations to quickly prove the performance and cost benefits of VPU-based encoding and confidently prepare for scaled deployments.”

The program introduces NETINT Quadra Video Processing Units (VPUs) as a self-service accelerator option within NetActuate’s global platform, including Cloud, Managed K8s, Bare Metal Servers, and more. The offering provides a fast and agile alternative for organizations seeking scalable video encoding and transcoding capabilities by offloading compute-intensive tasks from CPUs to VPUs. Through NetActuate’s portal and API-driven platform, users can attach a VPU accelerator directly to a virtual machine using secure passthrough technology. This allows immediate access to dedicated hardware acceleration via VPUs for FFmpeg-based and API-enabled workflows. 

NetActuate VPU acceleration is designed to support the growing demand for efficient video infrastructure as streaming volumes continue to expand globally. Customers can quickly deploy new workloads using pre-installed VPUs or request custom builds, typically available within one to two weeks. The service provides a cost-efficient way to deploy hardware-accelerated video workloads, with pricing starting at $0.237 per hour for a Quadra T1A-enabled VM, the lowest industry price available for sustained usage.

“The market for VPUs is skyrocketing and we’re very pleased to be working with an industry leader like NETINT to bring video acceleration to our customers,” said Mark Mahle, CEO,  NetActuate. “Our collaboration provides dedicated video acceleration available on demand—essentially VPU as-a-service— for deploying and validating high-performance video processing very quickly. This compliments the infrastructure, network, and expertise we provide to help customers optimize global streaming deployments.”

Validate Your Workloads
To help developers and media companies evaluate the platform, NetActuate is offering a $500 matching infrastructure credit for new users deploying NETINT VPU-enabled workloads. Customers who commit $500 in platform usage will receive a matching credit from NetActuate to test hardware-accelerated video deployments for 30 days.