[Blog] Nebius joins dstack Sky GPU marketplace, first to support clusters

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-title: Nebius joins dstack Sky GPU marketplace, first to support clusters
-date: 2025-09-17
+title: Nebius joins dstack Sky GPU marketplace, with production-ready GPU clusters
+date: 2025-09-18
 description: "TBA"  
 slug: nebius-in-dstack-sky
 image: https://dstack.ai/static-assets/static-assets/images/dstack-sky-nebius.png
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   - Changelog
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-# Nebius joins dstack Sky GPU marketplace, first to support clusters
+# Nebius joins dstack Sky GPU marketplace, with production-ready GPU clusters
 
-`dstack` is an open-source control plane for orchestrating GPU workloads. It can provision cloud VMs, run on top of Kubernetes, or manage on-prem clusters.  
-If you don’t want to self-host, you can use `dstack` Sky, the managed version of `dstack` that also provides access to cloud GPUs via its marketplace.
+`dstack` is an [open-source :material-arrow-top-right-thin:{ .external }](https://github.com/dstackai/dstack){:target="_blank"} control plane for orchestrating GPU workloads. It can provision cloud VMs, run on top of Kubernetes, or manage on-prem clusters. If you don’t want to self-host, you can use [dstack Sky :material-arrow-top-right-thin:{ .external }](https://sky.dstack.ai){:target="_blank"}, the managed version of `dstack` that also provides access to cloud GPUs via its markfetplace.
 
-With our latest release, we’re excited to announce that [Nebius :material-arrow-top-right-thin:{ .external }](https://nebius.com/){:target="_blank"}, leading neocloud, has joined the [dstack Sky :material-arrow-top-right-thin:{ .external }](https://sky.dstack.ai){:target="_blank"} marketplace
+With our latest release, we’re excited to announce that [Nebius :material-arrow-top-right-thin:{ .external }](https://nebius.com/){:target="_blank"}, a purpose-built AI cloud for large scale training and inference, has joined the `dstack` Sky  marketplace
 to offer on-demand and spot GPUs, including clusters.
 
 <img src="https://dstack.ai/static-assets/static-assets/images/dstack-sky-nebius.png" width="630"/>
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-Last week we published the [state of cloud GPU](state-of-cloud-gpu-2025.md), a study of the GPU market. As noted there, Nebius is one of the few neoclouds offering GPUs at scale, including on-demand, spot, and clusters.
+Last week we published the [state of cloud GPU](state-of-cloud-gpu-2025.md), a study of the GPU market. As noted there, Nebius is one of the few purpose-built AI clouds delivering performant and resilient GPUs at scale — available on-demand, as spot instances, and as full clusters. 
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+Nebius designs and operates its own GPU servers in energy-efficient data centers, giving full control over quality, performance tuning, and delivery timelines. Every cluster undergoes a three-stage validation — hardware burn-in, reference architecture checks, and long-haul stress tests — ensuring production-ready infrastructure with consistent performance for large-scale AI training. 
 
-Since early this year, the open-source version of `dstack` has supported Nebius, making it easy to manage clusters and orchestrate compute cost-effectively. Thanks to the partnership, the integration has since matured, enabling Nebius customers to simplify operations and reduce GPU costs for both training and inference.
+Since early this year, the open-source `dstack` has supported Nebius, making it easy to manage clusters and orchestrate compute cost-effectively.
 
 ## About dstack Sky
 
-With this release, Nebius officially joins `dstack` Sky. Nebius can now be used not only with your own account, but also directly via the GPU marketplace.
+With this week's release, Nebius officially joins [dstack Sky :material-arrow-top-right-thin:{ .external }](https://sky.dstack.ai){:target="_blank"}. Nebius can now be used not only with your own account, but also directly via the GPU marketplace.
 
 The marketplace lets you access Nebius GPUs without having a Nebius account. You can pay through `dstack Sky`, and switch to your own Nebius account anytime with just a few clicks.
 
 <img src="https://dstack.ai/static-assets/static-assets/images/dstack-sky-nebius-offers.png" width="750"/>
 
-Moreover, while the open-source version of `dstack` has supported Nebius clusters from day one,  
-Nebius is the first provider to offer on-demand and spot clusters on `dstack` Sky.
+While the open-source version of `dstack` has supported Nebius clusters from day one,  
+Nebius is the first provider to bring on-demand and spot GPU clusters to `dstack` Sky.
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+With Nebius, `dstack` Sky users can orchestrate NVIDIA GPUs provisioned in hours, with optimized InfiniBand networking to minimize bottlenecks, non-virtualized GPUs for predictable throughput, and industry-leading MTBF/MTTR proven on multi-thousand-GPU clusters.
 
 ## Getting started
 
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 To learn more, see the [clusters](../../docs/guides/clusters.md) guide.
 
-> `dstack` can run either on top of Kubernetes or directly on cloud VMs.  
-In both cases, you don’t need to manage Kubernetes yourself—`dstack` handles all orchestration automatically, letting your team stay focused on research and development.
+With Nebius joining `dstack` Sky, users can now run on-demand and spot GPUs and clusters directly through the marketplace—gaining access to the same production grade infrastrucure Nebius customers use for frontier-scale training, without needing a separate Nebius account. 
 
-With Nebius joining `dstack` Sky, users can now run on-demand and spot GPUs and clusters directly through the marketplace—without needing a separate Nebius account. If you prefer to go self-hosted, you can always switch to the open-source version of `dstack`, bringing the same functionality.  
+> If you prefer to go self-hosted, you can always switch to the open-source version of `dstack`, bringing the same functionality.
 
 Our goal is to give teams maximum flexibility while removing the complexity of managing infrastructure. More updates are coming soon.
 
+!!! info "How does `dstack` compare to Kubernetes?"
+    `dstack` can run either on top of Kubernetes or directly on cloud VMs.  
+    In both cases, you don’t need to manage Kubernetes yourself — `dstack` handles container and GPU orchestration, 
+    providing a simple, multi-cloud interface for development, training, and inference.
+
 !!! info "What's next"
     1. Sign up with [dstack Sky :material-arrow-top-right-thin:{ .external }](https://sky.dstack.ai){:target="_blank"}
     2. Check [Quickstart](../../docs/quickstart.md)