🔧 Technical

Discover the complete technical stack of our sovereign AI 🚀

🌱 Minerve Philosophy

Our vision is to create a high-performance, ethical and environmentally friendly artificial intelligence, while preserving French digital sovereignty.

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Sovereignty

Data hosted in France, independence from Big Tech, strict GDPR compliance and full control of our infrastructure.

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Ecology

Refurbished hardware, energy optimization, transparency on carbon impact and reduction of environmental footprint.

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Privacy

End-to-end encryption, no advertising tracking, automatic data deletion and absolute respect for privacy.

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Accessibility

Competitive pricing, free plan available, responsive French-speaking support and technology accessible to all.

🛠️ Technical Stack

🤖 Language Models

  • Qwen3.6 - Alibaba (27B/35B-A3B)
  • Gemma4 - 31B/26B-A4B/E2B
  • hexgrad - Kokoro-82M

🔧 Backend

  • llama.cpp - Inference engine

📊 Database

  • SQLite - Local configuration

🎨 User Interface

  • Open WebUI - Conversational interface
Category Tool License Usage
Orchestration LangChain / LlamaIndex MIT RAG workflow management
PDF Processing Tika Apache-2.0 Text & layout extraction
Web Search SearXNG AGPL-3.0 Open source metasearch engine
Web Loader Playwright Apache-2 Web loading engine
Monitoring Prometheus + Grafana Apache-2 Metrics & dashboards
Embeddings sentence-transformers Apache-2 Vector representations
Inference llama.cpp / vLLM GPL-3/MIT Optimized GPU execution
Web Server Nginx BSD-2 Reverse proxy & SSL
CI/CD GitHub Actions MIT Automated deployment
Terminal Open Terminal MIT Self-hosted terminal for AI agents
Docker Harbor Apache-2 Docker image registry

🖥️ Hardware Infrastructure

🖥️ Minerve Server 1 (Gannat, France) ├── GPU : 1x NVIDIA RTX 3090 (24GB VRAM) │ └── Refurbished, optimized consumption ├── CPU : AMD Ryzen 7 2700X (8 cores / 16 threads) ├── RAM : 2X16GB DDR4 3200MHz ├── Storage : 1TB NVMe (data + models) ├── Network : 8Gbps symmetric fiber optic ├── Power Supply : 1600W 80+ Titanium (94% efficiency) └── Cooling : Optimized airflow + temperature monitoring 🖥️ Minerve Server 2 (Gannat, France) ├── GPU : 2x NVIDIA RTX 3090 (24GB VRAM each) │ └── Refurbished, optimized consumption ├── CPU : AMD Ryzen 7 2700X (8 cores / 16 threads) ├── RAM : 2X16GB DDR4 3200MHz ├── Storage : 1TB NVMe (data + models) ├── Network : 8Gbps symmetric fiber optic ├── Power Supply : 1600W 80+ Titanium (94% efficiency) └── Cooling : Optimized airflow + temperature monitoring 🖥️ Proxmox Cluster - 11 Servers (Gannat, France) ├── CPU : AMD i5-10500T (6 cores / 12 threads) low power ├── RAM : 2X32GB DDR4 3200MHz ├── Storage : │ ├── 500GB SSD (Hypervisor) │ └── 2X1TB NVMe (data + models) ├── Network : 8Gbps symmetric fiber optic ├── Power Supply : 90W 80+ Gold (90% efficiency) └── Cooling : Optimized airflow + temperature monitoring

🌍 Location & Hosting

Website: OVHcloud (Roubaix, France) - Traditional web hosting
AI Services: Self-hosted by Thibault Brun (Gannat, France) - Full infrastructure control

115
Tokens/s (Starter)
40
Tokens/s (Heavy)
72GB
Total VRAM
99.9%
Target Uptime

♻️ Environmental Impact

💡 Energy Consumption

  • Idle consumption : ~300W
  • Load consumption : ~1200W
  • Optimization : Dynamic GPU scaling
  • Green energy : 100% renewable

🌬️ Cooling

  • Natural ventilation : Underground free cooling
  • No air conditioning : Zero cooling consumption
  • No water : No liquid cooling
  • Eco-responsible : Passive building architecture

🌱 Footprint Reduction

  • Refurbished hardware : 3 used GPUs
  • Quantized models : Fewer resources
  • Batch processing : Query optimization
  • No datacenter : Local server

📊 Comparison with Big Tech

  • CO₂ per query : 10x less than average
  • Water consumed : None (no liquid cooling)
  • Transparency : Public data
  • Location : Gannat, France (no export)

🔒 Security & Compliance

🛡️ Security Measures

  • TLS 1.3 Encryption - HTTPS required
  • Network isolation - Strict firewall
  • Authentication - Secure JWT tokens
  • Rate limiting - DDoS protection

📋 GDPR Compliance

  • Hosted data - EU only
  • Right to be forgotten - Automatic deletion
  • Transparency - Clear policy
  • Consent - Opt-in cookies

🔄 Backups

  • Frequency - Daily automatic
  • Retention - 30 days (encrypted)
  • Location - France only
  • Restore test - Monthly