Qwilt and Blacknut are partnering on a new cloud gaming setup designed to run from the edge of telecom operators’ networks. Qwilt’s Nicolas Choquart announced the partnership on LinkedIn, saying the company plans to add dedicated GPU capacity to its existing infrastructure inside ISP networks.
Those GPUs will work alongside Qwilt’s existing storage layer, allowing games to be cached closer to subscribers. The companies haven’t announced a telecom operator, region, or launch date yet. Even so, the partnership gives Blacknut another route for putting cloud gaming infrastructure closer to the people using it.
Qwilt Is Adding GPU Capacity Inside ISP Networks
Qwilt already operates edge infrastructure with service providers, placing content and computing resources closer to internet subscribers. The Blacknut partnership expands that setup with dedicated GPU capacity for cloud gaming.
Choquart says Qwilt will combine those GPUs with its existing storage infrastructure so games can be cached at the edge. Instead of relying only on computing resources farther away from the subscriber, the Blacknut application is intended to run closer to where the connection enters the telecom network.
Qwilt says this approach can deliver ultra-low latency and better responsiveness than centralized cloud gaming platforms. Those are Qwilt’s performance claims, and the company hasn’t shared benchmarks or other measurements alongside the announcement.
There are also several details we don’t have yet. Qwilt and Blacknut haven’t named any participating telecom operators or said where the service will launch first. There’s also no information yet on supported devices, pricing, the game catalogue, or the GPU hardware Qwilt plans to deploy.
Qwilt says the added GPU capacity could eventually support AI and other compute-heavy enterprise applications as well. For now, cloud gaming is the use case Qwilt is discussing publicly.
Blacknut Has Been Expanding Through Telecom Infrastructure
The Qwilt partnership fits with Blacknut’s wider push to work directly with telecom operators and infrastructure providers.
Earlier this year, we covered Blacknut’s expansion in Vietnam through VNPT and Radian Arc. That deployment used local GPU edge infrastructure to deliver Blacknut through VNPT.
Blacknut has continued building relationships with telecom companies in other markets as well, including its recent partnership with Totalplay in Mexico. Qwilt adds another infrastructure route to that strategy, with its existing edge footprint providing a place to deploy dedicated gaming GPUs.
There’s still plenty we don’t know about the first Qwilt and Blacknut deployment, especially where it will launch and which telecom companies will take part. The bigger piece that is confirmed is the infrastructure itself. Qwilt plans to put dedicated GPU capacity deeper into ISP networks, with Blacknut cloud gaming as the application announced alongside that expansion.
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