Case Study: Kings Distributed Systems achieves rapid, scalable distributed computing with Aptum colocation services

Kings Distributed Systems - Customer Case Study

Kings Distributed Systems, a Kingston, Ontario startup that connects underutilized devices into a global distributed computing platform for researchers and institutions, needed enterprise‑class facilities, security and high bandwidth to support heavy, on‑demand compute loads. To meet those requirements, Kings chose Aptum and now uses Aptum’s colocation services in downtown Toronto to house its core scheduling platform and infrastructure.

By colocating with Aptum and leveraging Aptum’s high‑capacity network, Kings can handle simultaneous connection requests from hundreds of thousands of devices and maintain hardware control and strict uptime requirements. The result: compute jobs that took about 34 days on a single laptop complete in 3.9 hours on Kings’ network, backed by Aptum’s five‑9s environment, redundancy and connectivity — enabling reliable research workloads today and plans to expand globally using Aptum’s data center resources.

Kings Distributed Systems

Daniel Desjardins

Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder