Solana Breakpoint London 2026: The Hardware Behind Firedancer

The Solana ecosystem returns to London, and velia.net will be on site with the largest delegation of the year. Validators, RPC operators, MEV teams, and AI builders are all dealing with the same hardware question: what does a production Solana workload actually need in 2026.

We are attending Solana Breakpoint to share what we have learned running validator, RPC, and MEV infrastructure across our six data center locations. Our mission is to bring back the patterns that will shape our 2027 hardware roadmap and our deeper involvement in the Solana community.

Networking and Innovation

Our specialists are looking forward to deep technical conversations with the Solana community. We believe that personal exchange with builders is the only way to keep our infrastructure honest with the protocol.

• Connect with our infrastructure specialists for validator, RPC, and MEV workloads.
• Discuss bespoke bare metal configurations for Firedancer-era validator profiles.
• Explore Frankfurt and London peering for European Solana traffic.
• Exchange views on the 2026 roadmap for ML and AI on chain data.

Key Points of our Attendance

As we share what we have learned across our Solana customer base, we will focus on the following themes:

• Deep dives into single-thread clock and NVMe throughput requirements for validators.
• Networking with protocol contributors, partner platforms, and ecosystem builders.
• Gathering impulses for cross-region failover and resilience patterns.
• Analyzing the impact of AI on Solana data infrastructure and dashboard workloads.

Future-proof Solana at the core of infrastructure

Stay tuned for our updates directly from the event floor in London. If you are also at Breakpoint, let's grab a coffee and talk shop.

Our team is ready to bring back the best ideas for your infrastructure!