Hardware

Self-hosting LLMs keeps data, models, and inference under your control-a practical path to AI sovereignty for teams, enterprises, nations. Here: what sovereign AI is, which aspects and methods are used to build it, how LLM self-hosting fits in, how countries are addressing the challenge.

Running large language models locally gives you privacy, offline capability, and zero API costs. This benchmark reveals exactly what one can expect from 9 popular LLMs on Ollama on an RTX 4080.

Today we are looking at the top-level consumer GPUs, and RAM modules. Specifically I’m looking at RTX-5080 and RTX-5090 prices, and 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 6000.

The NVIDIA DGX Spark (GB10 Grace Blackwell) is now available in Australia at major PC retailers with local stock. If you’ve been following the global DGX Spark pricing and availability, you’ll be interested to know that Australian pricing ranges from $6,249 to $7,999 AUD depending on storage configuration and retailer.

After automatically installing a new kernel, Ubuntu 24.04 has lost the ethernet network. This frustrating issue occurred for me a second time, so I’m documenting the solution here to help others facing the same problem.

With this crazy RAM prices volatility, to form and have a better picture, let’s track the RAM price in Australia ourselves first.

The memory market is experiencing unprecedented price volatility in late 2025, with RAM prices surging dramatically across all segments.

Let’s compare prices for top-level consumer GPUs, that are suitable for LLMs in particular and AI in general. Specifically I’m looking at RTX-5080 and RTX-5090 prices.

The democratization of AI is here. With open-source LLMs like Llama 3, Mixtral, and Qwen now rivaling proprietary models, teams can build powerful AI infrastructure using consumer hardware - slashing costs while maintaining complete control over data privacy and deployment.

Docker Model Runner is Docker’s official tool for running AI models locally, but enabling NVidia GPU acceleration in Docker Model Runner requires specific configuration.

I dug up some interesting performance tests of GPT-OSS 120b running on Ollama across three different platforms: NVIDIA DGX Spark, Mac Studio, and RTX 4080. The GPT-OSS 120b model from the Ollama library weighs in at 65GB, which means it doesn’t fit into the 16GB VRAM of an RTX 4080 (or the newer RTX 5080).

Docker Model Runner (DMR) is Docker’s official solution for running AI models locally, introduced in April 2025. This cheatsheet provides a quick reference for all essential commands, configurations, and best practices.

In today’s computing landscape, virtualization has become essential for development, testing, and running multiple operating systems. For Linux users seeking a simple, intuitive way to manage virtual machines, GNOME Boxes stands out as a lightweight and user-friendly option that prioritizes ease of use without sacrificing functionality.

The future of AI isn’t just about smarter models - it’s about smarter silicon. Specialized hardware for LLM inference is driving a revolution similar to Bitcoin mining’s shift to ASICs.

NVIDIA DGX Spark is real, on sale Oct 15, 2025, and targeted at CUDA developers needing local LLM work with an integrated NVIDIA AI stack. US MSRP $3,999; UK/DE/JP retail is higher due to VAT and channel. AUD/KRW public sticker prices are not yet widely posted.

Proxmox Virtual Environment (Proxmox VE) is an open-source, type-1 hypervisor and datacenter orchestration platform built on Debian.