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25 November 2025HARBOR AND ZADARA LAUNCH MUTLI-TENANT SOVEREIGN AI CLOUD PLATFORM POWERED BY NVIDIA GPUs FOR ENTERPRISES IN AUSTRALIA
Sydney, Australia – November 18, 2025 Harbor Solutions, a UK-based Managed Service Provider (MSP) and cyber resilience provider, and Zadara, a leader in sovereign AI edge clouds powered by NVIDIA GPUs, have expanded their long-standing partnership to support channel partners across Australia and New Zealand selling IT and AI solutions to enterprises. This collaboration aligns with the launch of Harbor’s new Australian presence, strengthening local access to secure, scalable infrastructure and managed recovery services.
Trusted by UK Channel Partners for Scalable, On-Demand Infrastructure
Harbor and Zadara have jointly delivered production-grade infrastructure for channel partners across the UK—supporting hybrid workloads, secure multi-tenancy, real-time scaling, and simplified service delivery. Their shared platform eliminates traditional CapEx barriers, enabling channel partners to launch services faster for their customers, meet stringent SLAs, and grow on a flexible, pay-as-you-go model.
Purpose-Built for Channel Partners Navigating Complexity in the AI Era
The offering provides channel partners with:
- Multi-tenant Sovereign AI Cloud: In-country, fully managed compute, storage, and networking designed to meet strict data residency and compliance requirements.
- Designed from the ground-up for AI: Leveraging NVIDIA GPUs and NVIDIA applications such as NIM, Triton Inference Server, NVIDIA NeMo, and NVIDIA RAPIDS.
- VMware Alternative & Migration Path: A modern replacement for legacy VMware deployments, with enterprise-grade performance and operational continuity.
- Embedded Cyber Resilience: Built-in backup and disaster recovery services, tuned for channel partner use cases and underpinned by Harbor’s expertise in delivering Rubrik-based solutions.
- OpEx-Only Commercial Model: True consumption-based pricing ensures alignment with recurring revenue models—ideal for scaling services without capital risk.
- Local Presence, Global Infrastructure: Harbor’s ANZ operation combined with Zadara’s global edge cloud footprint delivers enterprise-class performance backed by regional support.

“Our partnership with Zadara allows us to deliver new levels of performance, resilience, and sovereignty for our customers,” said James Harris, CEO, of Harbor Solutions. “Channel partners today need more than just traditional IT; they need multi-tenant AI clouds that are secure, cost-effective and tailored to their businesses. Together with Zadara, we’re bringing exactly that to our customers”
“We’ve engineered this platform to help channel partners deliver sovereign, secure, and scalable services for AI workloads as well as traditional workloads without the infrastructure burden,” said Paul Bennett, APAC Sales, Zadara.
Availability
Services are available now through Harbor’s ANZ team.
About Zadara
Zadara is a leading provider of sovereign AI edge clouds offering a revolutionary distributed cloud platform that simplifies operational complexity and enables seamless multi-tenancy through automated end-to-end provisioning of compute, storage, and networking.
With over 500 edge cloud locations worldwide and with the ability to deploy a cloud in any location, Zadara’s clouds are uniquely positioned to meet the unique demands of various cloud-based use cases, including sovereign cloud and AI inference at the edge for service providers and the modern enterprise. Zadara clouds are AWS compatible and feature consumption-based pricing with zero data egress fees.
Zadara’s fully-managed clouds are designed to accommodate any workload, anywhere – whether on-premises, hybrid, multi-cloud or at the edge. Zadara operates worldwide with a highly skilled team that provides 24/7 follow-the-sun support and services. Zadara is headquartered in Irvine, California.
About Harbor Solutions
Harbor Solutions Limited is a globally trusted provider of end-to-end data protection services, with a core focus on backup, cyber and disaster recovery, designed to safeguard businesses from cyber threats and operational disruptions. We offer a range of tailored solutions that integrate with your existing infrastructure, ensuring business continuity and data security in a cost-effective and scalable manner. Founded in 2014 by industry experts Harbor Solutions offers services across multiple vendors and platforms and was awarded the Rubrik Global MSP of the Year award in 2024.





