Matteo Gabrielli, Senior Technical Solutions Architect, Continent 8 Technologies
At AWS re:Invent 2024, Amazon Web Services announced Amazon EKS Hybrid Nodes (EKS-H), and Continent 8 Technologies is proud to be a strategic launch partner for this new feature. As a trusted infrastructure provider in the betting and gaming industry, we enable customers to extend their EKS clusters to Continent 8’s on-premises infrastructure. This solution addresses a critical need in the betting and gaming industry: extending Kubernetes clusters to meet regulatory requirements with minimal operational overhead. By running EKS-H on Continent 8’s infrastructure, customers can efficiently deploy workloads in regulated jurisdictions while maintaining the simplicity of AWS-managed services as EKS.
What is Amazon EKS Hybrid Nodes?
EKS-H allows customers to use on-premises servers as worker nodes in their EKS clusters located in-region. While AWS continues to manage the control plane, workloads can run on Continent 8’s infrastructure in specific jurisdictions where data sovereignty and gaming regulations require local presence.
Why it matters for betting and gaming
Gaming operators and suppliers face unique challenges:
- Regulatory requirements mandate workload placement in specific jurisdictions
- High-performance infrastructure needs for latency-sensitive iGaming and online sports betting applications
- Complex hybrid infrastructure management across multiple locations
EKS-H on Continent 8’s infrastructure solves these challenges by providing:
- A consistent Kubernetes experience across cloud and on-premises environments
- Simplified operations with AWS-managed control plane
- Regulatory compliance through strategic workload placement
- High-performance infrastructure designed for gaming workloads
Why Continent 8?
Our infrastructure is uniquely positioned to support EKS-H:
- Network of 100+ connected locations across four continents, including in all key gaming jurisdictions
- Direct private connectivity to AWS regions
- Over 25 years of experience with iGaming and online sports betting infrastructure requirements
- Support for multiple platforms (including bare metal, VMware, Nutanix)
- Deep expertise in industry regulatory compliance, with a dedicated regulatory affairs team
Getting started
Continent 8 provides a seamless path to implementing EKS-H. Our team can help:
- Assess your current infrastructure and requirements
- Design your hybrid architecture
- Implement secure connectivity to AWS
- Support the hosting of your Kubernetes environment
Ready to modernise your betting and gaming infrastructure while maintaining regulatory compliance? As an AWS Advanced Partner and member of the AWS Solutions Provider Program (SPP), we can help you architect, deploy and optimise your hybrid Kubernetes environment. Contact our sales team at sales@continent8.com to begin your journey with us.
Customer testimonials
The impact of Amazon EKS Hybrid Nodes is already resonating within the industry, particularly among our current customers. Games Global, a long-standing Continent 8 partner, has been at the forefront of infrastructure innovation within the gaming sector. Matthew Harris, their Principal Architect, explains how this solution addresses key industry challenges:
“Online gambling companies not only have to protect customer data and ensure security like everyone else, but they also face tough regulations from gaming authorities worldwide. These rules often dictate where we can host our gaming systems, which can limit or even rule out using public cloud services in some markets. EKS Hybrid Nodes let us meet these requirements by hosting workloads where needed while still taking advantage of AWS EKS’s easy management. Partnering with experts like Continent 8, who really know our industry inside and out, makes this option even more appealing.”
– Matthew Harris, Principal Architect at Games Global
