You don't build an on-premise AI data center anymore. You order one. iFactory ships a fully configured AI server with pre-installed apps, IEC 62443 zoning, and a plant copilot LLM already trained on manufacturing context. Our network engineers fly in to handle cabling, switching, PLC/SCADA integration, and operator training. Power and internet are the only things you provide. 6 to 12 weeks from PO to production — anywhere in the US or globally. One-time purchase, no recurring license fees, you own the platform, the weights, and the data outright.
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On-Premise AI Data Center for Discrete Manufacturing Plants
A pre-built, pre-configured AI server with NVIDIA GB300 / H200 / Jetson silicon, manufacturing AI apps installed, plant copilot LLM tuned, and IEC 62443 cyber zones hardened — shipped to your plant, deployed by our engineers, owned by you. No cloud. No subscription. No data ever leaves your fence.
Open the Crate. Plug It In. Run AI.
Every iFactory AI server is built, burned-in, and tested at our facility before it ever touches your floor. Hardware, software, security, and training are all in the price. Get a quote — line layout in, fixed price out.
NVIDIA GB300 / H200 chassis · IP54 rated · pre-cabled · burn-in tested · ships from our build facility ready to power on.
Vision QC, predictive maintenance, scheduler, energy optimizer, plant copilot LLM — all running on day one, no integration work.
Our network engineers handle cabling, switching, IEC 62443 zoning, PLC/SCADA integration, and historian connections — anywhere globally.
2 days of on-site operator and engineer training, plus a fine-tuned plant copilot that already speaks your line, equipment, and SOPs.
24×7 monitoring, model retraining, security patching — delivered remotely. Optional after year one. You own the platform either way.
All You Need to Provide. Seriously.
Most "on-prem AI" projects stall because the customer is expected to do the hard parts — server-room prep, network segmentation, OT integration. iFactory inverts that. Talk to our deployment team if you want a site walkthrough first.
- Power — 3-phase, 16–32 A circuit at the install location
- Internet — a single uplink for remote support & updates (firewalled, audit-logged)
- Server hardware build, test, ship, install
- Network switch & firewall configuration (IEC 62443 zones)
- Cabling — fiber backbone, copper to lines, edge Jetson placements
- PLC / SCADA / DCS integration (Siemens, ABB, Rockwell, Honeywell)
- Historian, MES, SAP / ERP connectors
- Vision-camera mounting, lighting, calibration
- Plant copilot LLM tuning to your equipment & SOPs
- Operator training & go-live support
What Runs On Day One
Five plant-tested AI apps ship pre-installed and pre-configured. Add your line data, point them at your historian, and they start producing value within the first week.
Defect detection on welds, surfaces, assembly. Trained on 50+ defect classes out of the box. Re-trains on your defects in < 48 hrs.
Vibration, current, temperature anomaly detection across motors, pumps, gearboxes, robots. 7–30 day failure horizon.
Re-optimizes your daily plan against changeovers, due dates, and live machine state. RL-based, adapts to plant disruptions.
Compressed air, HVAC, chiller load shifting against tariffs. Typical 8–14% utility cost reduction in the first quarter.
Chat with your plant. Asks & answers in natural language, queries the historian, raises SAP work orders, recommends setpoints — all on the on-site GB300 node.
A Conversation, Not a Dashboard
The plant copilot is an LLM running on your on-site GB300 node, with retrieval over your historian, MES, and ERP. It answers questions in natural language — and takes actions, with operator approval, all the way into SAP, the DCS, and the maintenance system.
Same conversation, no copilot: 6 dashboard tabs, 2 phone calls, a SAP login, a manual Kronos cancel, and a 30-minute write-up at end of shift. The LLM lives on-site — every word and every record stays inside your IEC 62443 zone. Book a demo to see it run on your data.
From Purchase Order to Production
A typical iFactory AI server is in production within 6–12 weeks of PO — anywhere in the US, EU, India, LATAM, or APAC. Here's what happens, week by week.
Remote site walkthrough. Sign-off on apps, line scope, and integration list. Hardware build kicks off.
Server assembled, OS & apps installed, cyber-zones configured, plant copilot pre-trained on your equipment list and SOPs.
Crate ships. Our network engineers and field technicians arrive on-site. Cabling, switches, PLC/SCADA, vision cameras — done.
Operator training, model fine-tuning on live line data, advisory-to-closed-loop transition, full ownership handed over.
You Buy It Once. You Own It Forever.
No SaaS subscriptions. No per-inference billing. No "your data trains our next model" clauses. iFactory's commercial model matches our security model — sovereign by design.
Hardware, apps, deployment, year-one support — single purchase order. Sits on your balance sheet as a depreciable asset, not a cloud line item.
You own the server, the operating system, the AI models, the trained weights, and every byte of plant data. Full audit rights. No vendor lock on data export.
Year-one support included. After that, renew remote support & model retraining annually — or take it fully in-house. The platform keeps running either way.
What's Actually In the Rack
Three compute tiers. One sovereign stack. Built on NVIDIA's manufacturing-grade silicon and pre-zoned to IEC 62443 SL-3.
- Sub-10 ms vision & control inference
- IP54 / NEMA 12 rated cabinets
- Co-located with PLCs & robot controllers
- Works offline if uplink drops
- Multi-line, multi-camera inference
- Time-series + vector DB plant memory
- 20–40 m² containerized footprint
- Redundant power · UPS · A/B feed
- Plant copilot LLM hosted on-site
- Full vision & PdM model retraining
- RAG over historian + MES + ERP
- Confidential computing for recipes
SaaS AI · DIY On-Prem · iFactory Turnkey
Three ways to put AI in a discrete plant. Only one ships ready, ships fast, and leaves you owning the platform.
| Capability | SaaS AI Vendor | DIY On-Prem Build | iFactory Turnkey |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to production | 2–4 weeks | 9–18 months | 6–12 weeks |
| Commercial model | Recurring subscription | CapEx + your team | One-time CapEx · no recurring |
| Data sovereignty | Vendor cloud | Your floor | Your floor |
| Apps included | Vendor's stack only | Build yourself | 5 apps + plant LLM, pre-installed |
| Hardware procurement | N/A | You source GPUs | Shipped, burn-in tested |
| OT integration (PLC/SCADA) | Your problem | Your problem | iFactory engineers do it |
| IEC 62443 zoning | Manual | You design | Pre-configured SL-3 |
| Ownership of model weights | Vendor | You | You |
| What you provide on-site | API integration | Everything | Power + Internet |
Why Manufacturing Plants Pick iFactory
Six things make iFactory uniquely positioned to deliver on-prem AI for discrete plants. Each one is the result of building for manufacturing first — not retrofitting cloud AI to fit a factory.
Built for plants from day one. Our engineers came from line floors — they know OEE, takt time, FMEA, and what a paint-shop looks like at 3 AM. Generic AI platforms repackaged for industry don't survive the third reboot.
Hardware, apps, LLM, deployment, training, support — all from us. No integration tax across six vendors, no finger-pointing when something breaks. Single throat to call, single accountability line.
Our LLM already speaks the language: SMED, OEE, FMEA, kanban, ISA-95, MTBF, takt. It tunes to your specific equipment and SOPs in days, not the 3–6 months a generic LLM needs to learn what a "weld coupon" is.
IEC 62443 SL-3 conduits, Purdue zoning, zero data egress — all configured from rack 1. Most vendors retrofit security after a customer breach scare. We ship it baked into the BIOS.
Network engineers and field technicians dispatched from regional hubs in the US, EU, India, and APAC. Spare parts pre-positioned. The plant in Stuttgart gets the same response time as the plant in Cleveland.
One-time CapEx. You own the hardware, weights, models, and every byte of data. Year-one support included; after that, renew, run in-house, or mix. No kill switch. No subscription trap. Talk to support for terms.
What Buyers Ask Before Issuing a PO
Fixed price per server, scoped to your line list and app selection. Includes hardware, software, deployment, training, and year-one support. Get a quote — we turn around a written proposal within 5 business days.
Yes. We dispatch network engineers and field technicians from regional teams in the US, EU, and APAC. The hardware is built in our facility, ships pre-configured, and our crew handles cabling, switching, and PLC/SCADA integration on-site.
The platform keeps running. You own the hardware, OS, apps, and weights outright. You can renew remote support & model retraining annually, run it in-house with our handover docs, or mix both. There's no kill switch and no recurring license.
That's the norm, not the exception. We integrate with Siemens, ABB, Rockwell, Honeywell, Emerson, Yokogawa via OPC-UA, MQTT, or direct connectors. Our engineers do a remote site survey before the quote, so the plan accounts for your reality. Talk to support if you want to walk through your setup first.
Get a Quote. Or Join the May 13 Webinar.
Send us your line list, app priorities, and target plant location. We come back with a fixed-price proposal — hardware, software, on-site deployment, training, and year-one support — within 5 business days. Or join our live webinar on May 13 and watch the plant copilot answer questions and act on real plant data.
