Insourcing, Autonomy, and Independence
Published on December 12, 2025 in Cloud
Hello everyone,As some of you already know, ScalarX operates with very few external technical dependencies (SaaS, and so on).
Recent events around the world (including incidents involving AWS, Cloudflare, and others), combined with the current political environment, seem to bring us a little closer every day to a loss of individual freedoms and privacy, both personal and professional.
For more than 25 years, I have always worked to build my companies while preserving security and privacy as much as possible, along with the autonomy and independence of both my organizations and those of our clients.
Where We Stand Today
ScalarX is no exception to this rule—quite the opposite: legal and technical structures across several continents, no external shareholders, no exclusive supplier contracts, and a decentralized, multipoint infrastructure operations and maintenance model. Everything was designed with this objective in mind.
Services that directly handle critical data, such as technical support, have always been 100% in-house.
However, a few external services remain. Most are noncritical and depend on third-party providers or vendors (for example, Trello, our accounting system, CRM, SolarWinds, and others).
We will retain some of these services, such as Pingdom, because they provide an independent source of evidence when ScalarX and a client need to assess an incident.
We are not dependent on these services: not only can they be moved to other providers, but we also have internal interactive tools that allow us to surface this information without “breaking” the decentralized nature of monitoring and operational oversight.
What Comes Next
For others, such as Trello or the CRM, we have begun bringing these functions in-house to remove these dependencies. For us, this is the only way to guarantee technically, and not just legally, that no one is “playing” with data that could potentially concern them.
We are using this work to test and certify several of these tools with StackX. In a second phase, we will be able to offer solutions for those who want to deploy them.
At the same time, we are also working on a hardware solution that will allow you to create independent, automated local backups of your hosted sites and applications, in addition to the included backups.
Have an excellent weekend, everyone!
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Christophe Casalegno
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🔴 RAM/NVMe Market Alert: Impacts and Opportunities for ScalarCloud Clients
Published on December 10, 2025 in Cloud
Hello everyone,
As some of you have already noticed, RAM prices and NVMe storage prices have been skyrocketing for some time.
The figures speak for themselves: the same RAM model (G.Skill Ripjaws M5 RGB 96 GB) from the same supplier (LDLC Pro) that I bought in September has gone from €374.96 excluding VAT to €1,609.96 excluding VAT. That is an increase of more than 400%. At the same time, the price of the NVMe drive (Corsair MP700 PRO SE 4 TB) rose from €499.96 to €583.29.
The cause? Explosive demand for “AI compute.” It has become far more profitable for manufacturers to prioritize GPU-specific RAM, drastically reducing production capacity for the rest of the market.
The situation accelerated on December 3 with the announcement that Micron was withdrawing from the consumer market (the Crucial product line) to focus on data centers. The result: pressure on inventory is intensifying. The indicators point to a potential increase of 500% over the next 6 months, with a peak expected in summer 2026.
What Does This Mean for You?
1. Current ScalarCloud clients: Your prices remain unchanged. We secured our supplier contracts for several years when your infrastructure was deployed. Your current resources are protected.
2. The current inventory dilemma: We have infrastructure in stock. Financial logic would suggest using it to attract new clients at a high price. I made a different decision.
Starting today, we are prioritizing our partners and existing clients. Throughout December, you can purchase RAM at the current price, before the increase, while supplies last.
If you expect to need additional resources next year, now is the time to secure them. If any inventory remains after this operation, it will be offered at the standard price through December 31.
– Billing starts on January 1, 2026, even if allocation takes place earlier.
– Commitment: None. You can return this RAM at any time, at which point it will return to inventory and be offered at the new price.
Looking Ahead
For new infrastructure, excluding current inventory, we are still considering the fairest model: passing through the actual cost of RAM, with a significant impact for some, or spreading the increase across all services. Simulations are underway, and a hybrid approach may emerge.
If you expect to need an expansion or new machines, contact us quickly. We estimate that the current inventory will be depleted by the end of December, excluding the “spare” safety stock that we must retain for maintenance.
Have an excellent day, everyone.
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Christophe Casalegno
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