South-coast UK · A hive of Apple silicon

A hive of Macs,
kept humming.

Dedicated Apple silicon Mac minis and Mac Studios in a secure south-coast UK datacentre. Unlimited bandwidth, a public IPv4 on every machine, and Thunderbolt 5 clustering for local LLMs. We keep the hive running — you just connect.

South-coast UK datacentre Unlimited bandwidth Public IPv4 on every Mac Thunderbolt 5 cluster-ready IPv6 free on request
What's in the hive

Real Macs, managed. Not a slice of someone else's.

Every machine is dedicated hardware in a racked, monitored datacentre — yours to SSH into, screen-share, and put to work. We handle the boring, fragile parts.

Dedicated hardware

Your own Apple silicon Mac mini or Mac Studio. Not shared, not virtualised, not a slice of something bigger.

Always-on

Proper UPS, proper internet, secure south-coast UK datacentre. Uptime is monitored — we get paged before you do.

Public IPv4 included

Every Mac ships with its own dedicated public IPv4. Add more for a small monthly fee; IPv6 is free on request.

Cluster your Macs

Private networks between machines, plus RDMA over Thunderbolt 5 on any Thunderbolt 5 Mac — M4 Pro and M5 Pro minis, M4 Max, M5 Max and M3 Ultra / M5 Ultra Studios — to pool memory and compute for larger local LLMs.

You control exposure

Default-deny firewall on every Mac. Open only the ports you want, or keep it fully private over Tailscale — no port forwarding, no faff.

Snapshot rollback

Nightly snapshots of your working config, encrypted at rest. Something goes sideways? Roll back in minutes, not days.

Link the comb

One Mac is a worker.
Several are a hive.

On any Thunderbolt 5 Mac — M4 Pro and M5 Pro Mac minis, plus M4 Max, M5 Max and M3 Ultra / M5 Ultra Mac Studios — we mesh up to four machines together with RDMA over Thunderbolt 5 and drop them on a private, isolated network. Pool their unified memory and run models that won't fit on any single box — with faster multi-node inference than a public API round-trip.

  • RDMA over Thunderbolt 5 — up to 120Gb/s links at single-digit-microsecond latency between Thunderbolt 5 Macs, no switch in the path.
  • Private mesh networking — cross-connect up to four Macs; they see each other, the public internet doesn't see them.
  • Built for local LLMs — pooled unified memory for larger models, and more nodes means more throughput, not less.

Thunderbolt 5 cluster

3 nodes · pooled memory · one model

Pricing

Pick a cell in the hive.

Flat monthly pricing, unlimited bandwidth on every plan, and a public IPv4 included. No egress bills, no surprise invoices.

Hive Classic · Mac mini in the hive now
Budget
M1 · 8GB · 256GB
£39 /mo
or £29/mo billed annually
  • Dedicated Mac mini
  • SSH + desktop access
  • Unlimited bandwidth
  • 1 public IPv4 (add more for a fee)
  • Managed macOS updates
Get started
Starter
M2 · 8GB · 256GB
£49 /mo
or £39/mo billed annually
  • Dedicated Mac mini
  • SSH + desktop access
  • Unlimited bandwidth
  • 1 public IPv4 (add more for a fee)
  • Managed macOS updates
Get started
Most popular
Pro
M4 · 16GB · 512GB
£89 /mo
or £69/mo billed annually
  • Everything in Starter
  • Designed for local LLMs
  • Nightly snapshots
  • Priority support
  • Root access
Get started
Max
M4 Pro · 24GB · 512GB
£129 /mo
or £100/mo billed annually
  • Everything in Pro
  • Thunderbolt 5 cluster-ready
  • Hardware refresh every 24 months
  • Priority support
Get started
Hive Classic · Mac Studio in the hive now
Studio · Base
M4 Max · 36GB · 512GB
£189 /mo
or £155/mo billed annually
  • Dedicated Mac Studio
  • Unlimited bandwidth
  • 1 public IPv4 (add more for a fee)
  • Thunderbolt 5 cluster-ready
  • Great for mid-size local LLMs
Get started
Studio · Max
M4 Max · 64GB · 1TB
£249 /mo
or £199/mo billed annually
  • Dedicated Mac Studio
  • Unlimited bandwidth
  • 1 public IPv4 (add more for a fee)
  • Thunderbolt 5 cluster-ready
  • Designed for large local LLMs
Get started
Studio · Ultra
M3 Ultra · 128GB · 2TB
£329 /mo
or £259/mo billed annually
  • Dedicated Mac Studio
  • Unlimited bandwidth
  • 1 public IPv4 (add more for a fee)
  • Thunderbolt 5 cluster-ready
  • Built for the biggest local models
Get started
Hive Latest · Mac mini from 22 September 2026
New gen
Mini
M6 · 16GB · 512GB
£99 /mo
or £79/mo billed annually
  • Dedicated Mac mini (M6, 2nm)
  • SSH + desktop access
  • Unlimited bandwidth
  • 1 public IPv4 (add more for a fee)
  • Managed macOS updates
Reserve yours
New gen
Mini Pro
M5 Pro · 24GB · 512GB
£149 /mo
or £119/mo billed annually
  • Everything in Mini
  • Thunderbolt 5 cluster-ready
  • Hardware refresh every 24 months
  • Priority support
Reserve yours
Hive Latest · Mac Studio from 22 September 2026
New gen
Studio · Base
M5 Max · 36GB · 512GB
£219 /mo
or £179/mo billed annually
  • Dedicated Mac Studio
  • Unlimited bandwidth
  • 1 public IPv4 (add more for a fee)
  • Thunderbolt 5 cluster-ready
  • Great for mid-size local LLMs
Reserve yours
New gen
Studio · Max
M5 Max · 64GB · 1TB
£299 /mo
or £249/mo billed annually
  • Dedicated Mac Studio
  • Unlimited bandwidth
  • 1 public IPv4 (add more for a fee)
  • Thunderbolt 5 cluster-ready
  • Designed for large local LLMs
Reserve yours
New gen
Studio · Ultra
M5 Ultra · 96GB · 2TB
£419 /mo
or £349/mo billed annually
  • Dedicated Mac Studio
  • Unlimited bandwidth
  • 1 public IPv4 (add more for a fee)
  • Thunderbolt 5 cluster-ready
  • Built for the biggest local models
Reserve yours
New gen
Studio · Ultra Max
M5 Ultra · 256GB · 2TB
£699 /mo
or £579/mo billed annually
  • Dedicated Mac Studio
  • Unlimited bandwidth
  • 1 public IPv4 (add more for a fee)
  • Thunderbolt 5 cluster-ready
  • The top of the hive — 256GB unified memory
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Colocation
Colocation · Mac mini
Your hardware · our rack
£55 /mo
+ one-time £100 setup · ex VAT
  • Racked, monitored, UPS-backed power
  • Our network, south-coast UK
  • 1 public IPv4 included
  • Same care as our managed fleet
Get started
Colocation · Mac Studio
Your hardware · our rack
£69 /mo
+ one-time £100 setup · ex VAT
  • Racked, monitored, UPS-backed power
  • Our network, south-coast UK
  • 1 public IPv4 included
  • Same care as our managed fleet
Get started
Extra IPv4 from £3/mo · IPv6 free on request · RDMA clustering on Thunderbolt 5 Macs (M4 Pro & M5 Pro minis, M4 Max, M5 Max, M3 Ultra & M5 Ultra Studios) on request · Colocation ex VAT: Mac mini £55/mo, Mac Studio £69/mo + £100 setup

Claim a cell in the hive.

Tell us what you need — a single Mac or a Thunderbolt 5 cluster — and we’ll have it provisioned and online for you. Usually a reply within one working day.