Luzern, Switzerland

The Swiss Compute Desk

A neutral desk for the compute economy.

We enable compute transactions at every layer — pioneering the financial markets for AI infrastructure.

A trusted partner, not a middleman.
Compute forward curve · live desk indicesSilicon Data · Kalshi
01 · About

The desk for compute.

Compute is becoming a traded commodity. Indices, futures, forward curves: the paper market showed up in a single quarter. But every paper contract still needs a physical leg.

Someone has to know the suppliers, qualify the racks, structure the paper and settle the delivery. That someone is us. We are building the compute merchant bank: asset-light, earning on every compute transaction without owning a single server.

I

Deal access.

Reach into providers nobody else is talking to, and relationships with buyers.

II

Operational excellence.

Compute deals are our whole business, not a distraction.

III

Enforceable protection.

Enforceable contracts, referral-fee compliance, real penalties for circumvention. Clean paper is a feature, not fine print.

Market · why now Fig. 01 · Illustrative · Same silicon, forty quotes

Forty “sovereign clouds”, the same silicon, a 3× price spread. Most don't own their racks.

Price relative to cheapest quote
~$7.6T
Capex into compute, power and data centers, 2026–31
~3.3×
Same-GPU price spread across channels
25–50%
Reserved vs. on-demand discount
Path PartnerOff-takerMarket maker
Neutral by design
“A partner both sides trust is worth more than a salesperson either side suspects.”

Your own team is conflicted by definition. We are not. Neutrality is how two clouds that compete can quietly fill each other's book.

02 · Desk as a Service

You build the product. We close your deals.

Hand us the deals you can't service. Live from day one, paid on success, not on payroll.

Become a channel partner
  1. 01

    The two-sided access you cannot build yourself.

    A cloud sitting on capacity can't conjure demand. A team that needs compute can't vet the supply.

  2. 02

    Your deal desk, running on day one.

    Order forms, KYC and UBO checks, matching, quality bars, SLA annexes. Not twelve months of hiring and expensive mistakes.

  3. 03

    Neutrality that closes deals your own team cannot.

    Including supply swaps between people who quietly compete. Your team can't run those. We can.

  4. 04

    We absorb the mess so you never touch it.

    24-month tails and real penalties deter circumvention. We carry the disputes, the chasing, the KYC and AML burden.

  5. 05

    How the economics work.

    You bring the inbound. We match it to our supplier network and execute. You take a large share of every deal closed from your flow.

03 · Both sides of the book
Supply demand

The liquidity between the two.

Shop capacity or demand without the market learning you are long or short.

Illustrative · Name hidden until you want it seen
Supply · capacity ownersOffer

You have the racks. We have the buyers.

Neoclouds, data-center operators, hardware channels, colo. The demand for your capacity lives somewhere you can't reach. We reach it.

  • High-intent demandLarge-ticket term buyers matched to your blocks. No sales floor required.
  • A quiet channelMove capacity without signaling you're long.
  • Cross-cloud flowSpare capacity placed into another cloud's demand.
  • RemarketingExpiring or stranded reservations moved before they lose their value.
  • Clean paperNon-circumvention with real penalties, source protection, Swiss-law enforceability.
List capacity with the desk
Demand · AI teams & buyersBid

Stop signing 12-month contracts with a provider you found on a listicle.

We see the good supply and vet it for a living.

  • Vetted supplyIP/ASN ownership, NCCL/RCCL benchmarks, power, SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / GDPR, financials. A scored report, not a pitch.
  • No-Markup GuaranteeOur cut sits on the supply side, disclosed. Never the intermediary who quietly sells your flow.
  • Contracts that protectExit ramps, SLA teeth, credit flow-downs, prepay mechanics.
  • One counterpartyBrief us once. Three qualified options, negotiated terms, settled delivery.
Brief the desk
04 · How it works

From brief to settled delivery.

01

Brief

SKU, interconnect, scale, region, compliance, term.

02

Qualify

Every counterparty scored like a trading desk would.

03

Structure

Swiss-law paper, tails, SLA annexes, prepay.

04

Settle

Delivery and aftercare. Neutral, disclosed, on success.

05 · Rate card

Clean, disclosed economics.

Success fees on deal TCV. All rates are indicative and negotiated per deal — nothing hidden in the spread you don't see.

$18M
Success fee 3% of TCV Boutique sweet spot
Deal TCVSuccess feeNotes
< $10M4–5%Min. fee $75k
$10–30M3%Boutique sweet spot
$30–100M2.5%
$100–250M2–2.5%
> $250M1–1.5%+ structuring, billed sep.
Buy-side retainer$10–20k/mo50% creditable
Matched book5–12% grossCredit-managed
06 · Write to the desk

Bring us your spec.

We'll get you real supply on real terms. Or list the capacity you're sitting on.

deals@swisscomputedesk.ch Canton of Lucerne · Switzerland
Reply within one business day