Azure AI Foundry · FinOps · platform engineering
Get AI-ready on Azure.
Without the bill shock.
North Peak Cloud builds the foundations, guardrails and cost discipline that turn an Azure AI pilot into something you can actually run — secure, governed and affordable. Serving the UK, US and Canada.
- Pilot to production in weeks
- Azure spend cut 20–40%
- Responsible-AI guardrails built in
AI on Azure, done right.
AI-ready foundations
Azure AI Foundry hubs and projects, private networking to your models, identity and policy guardrails — the secure base every AI workload needs before it scales.
Cost control for AI & cloud
FinOps for the AI era: token and PTU strategy, model right-sizing, reservations and anomaly detection. We find the waste your invoice is hiding.
Platform engineering
Landing zones as code in Bicep or Terraform, GitOps, policy-as-code and golden paths. Enterprise-grade Azure delivered in weeks, not quarters.
Security & responsible AI
Content filtering, evaluations, data-residency and audit-ready guardrails aligned to the EU AI Act and ISO 42001 — trustworthy AI you can put in front of customers.
Migration & modernisation
Cloud Adoption Framework migrations and Well-Architected reviews that leave you cheaper, faster and ready for AI — not just lifted-and-shifted.
Senior engineers, direct
You work with the architect who does the build — no account managers, no offshore hand-off, no gatekeeping. Answers in plain English.
Three ways to start.
An AI-ready Azure landing zone, delivered in weeks.
- Azure AI Foundry hub & projects
- Private networking to model endpoints
- Identity, RBAC & Azure Policy guardrails
- Responsible-AI baseline & content filters
- Infrastructure as code you own
- Handover & runbook
One AI use case, production-grade, on AI Foundry.
- RAG, agent or document-intelligence build
- Evaluation & guardrails wired in
- CI/CD and observability
- Cost model before you commit
- Knowledge transfer to your team
- Reusable accelerator IP
Stop AI and cloud bill shock before it starts.
- Token / PTU vs pay-as-you-go strategy
- Model right-sizing & reservations
- Cost anomaly detection
- Classic Azure estate optimisation
- Monthly reporting & reviews
- Gain-share option available
for AI.
Assess, design, build, operate.
AI-readiness review
A short, structured review of your Azure estate, data and goals. You leave with a prioritised roadmap and a clear cost picture — not a sales deck.
Foundation & guardrails
We design the landing zone, identity, networking and responsible-AI guardrails as code, sized to what you actually need.
Ship the use case
The foundation and your first AI workload are built, evaluated and wired into CI/CD — production-grade, not a demo.
Cost & platform care
Optional ongoing FinOps and platform management keep it cheap, secure and current as you scale.
Asked and answered.
What does North Peak Cloud do?+
North Peak Cloud is a UK Azure consultancy that gets organisations AI-ready — building Azure AI Foundry foundations and use cases, engineering secure landing zones, and controlling the cost of AI and cloud workloads. We work with clients across the UK, US and Canada.
What is Azure AI Foundry?+
Azure AI Foundry is Microsoft's platform for building, evaluating and running generative-AI applications on Azure, organised into hubs and projects. North Peak Cloud designs and builds production AI Foundry workloads for you.
How do you help with Azure costs?+
We build FinOps discipline for the AI era — token and PTU strategy, model right-sizing, reservations and anomaly detection — across your Azure OpenAI usage and your classic estate. Most organisations recover 20–40% of avoidable spend.
Do you work outside the UK?+
Yes. We are UK-based and work remotely with clients across the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Ireland and the EU, invoicing cross-border.
Are you a Microsoft partner?+
North Peak Cloud is an independent, engineering-led consultancy building its Microsoft Solutions Partner designations in Infrastructure and Data & AI. The people who advise you are the people who do the work.