Service Level Agreement (SLA)

Version 1.0 Effective: 01 March 2026 Last updated: 20 February 2026

This Service Level Agreement (this “SLA”) is a policy governing the use of the LeaderGPU GPU server rental services (the “Service”) and applies to Customers with an active paid account in Good Standing. This SLA forms part of the agreement between Customer and LeaderGPU (the “Provider”, “we”, “us”, “our”).

This SLA describes availability targets for Covered Services and the Service Credits available if LeaderGPU fails to meet those targets. Service Credits are Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy for any failure to meet a service commitment described in this SLA, unless otherwise required by mandatory applicable law or an executed Order Form states otherwise.

1. Scope

This SLA applies only to the following production components of the Service in the single LeaderGPU Region (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) (the “Region”), collectively referred to as the “Covered Services”:

Covered GPU Models

This SLA applies exclusively to servers equipped with the following datacenter and professional-class GPU accelerators:

GPU Model Memory
NVIDIA H200141 GB HBM3e
NVIDIA H10080 GB HBM2e
NVIDIA A10040 GB / 80 GB HBM2
NVIDIA L40S48 GB GDDR6 ECC
NVIDIA L2048 GB GDDR6
NVIDIA A4048 GB GDDR6
NVIDIA A1024 GB GDDR6
NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada48 GB GDDR6 ECC
NVIDIA A600048 GB GDDR6X
NVIDIA Tesla V10016 GB HBM2
NVIDIA Tesla P10016 GB HBM2
NVIDIA Tesla T416 GB GDDR6
Habana Gaudi-296 GB HBM2E
AMD Instinct MI10032 GB HBM2

LeaderGPU may update the Covered GPU Models list from time to time. New GPU models will be added to or removed from the list with at least 30 days’ prior notice via the Customer Portal or email.

GPU models not listed in the Covered GPU Models table are not Covered Services under this SLA.

This SLA does not apply to beta/preview features, free services, third-party software, or Customer-managed configurations inside the operating system. Spot, preemptible, or interruptible instances (if offered) are excluded from this SLA entirely and carry no uptime commitments, high availability guarantees, or Service Credit eligibility. Due to their interruptible nature, such instances may be reclaimed, interrupted, or terminated at any time by LeaderGPU, with or without prior notice, at LeaderGPU’s sole discretion.

2. Region Model (Single Region)

LeaderGPU operates the Service in a single Region. There is no multi-Region or multi-zone failover under this SLA. Customers are responsible for architecting appropriate redundancy, backups, and disaster recovery for their workloads.

3. Definitions

Measurement and Source of Truth

LeaderGPU performs one Availability Check per Monitoring Interval from LeaderGPU’s monitoring infrastructure within or adjacent to the data-center network. Each Availability Check tests external network connectivity to the resource at the applicable Demarcation Point using the protocols described in the Availability Check definition above. If the Availability Check fails, the entire Monitoring Interval is recorded as a Failed Interval.

Monthly Uptime Percentage and Failed Intervals are calculated based on LeaderGPU monitoring, telemetry, and logs. LeaderGPU records are the source of truth for SLA calculations. Customer-provided evidence may be used to corroborate the claim. If Customer disagrees with LeaderGPU’s determination, Customer may submit supporting evidence within 14 days of receiving the credit determination. LeaderGPU will review the evidence in good faith and provide a written response within 30 days. If the dispute remains unresolved, it may be escalated under the dispute resolution process in Section 12.

For the avoidance of doubt, N (total Monitoring Intervals) includes all Monitoring Intervals in the applicable month during which the Covered Service was active, including Monitoring Intervals that fall within Scheduled or Emergency Maintenance periods that are excluded under Section 8. Such excluded intervals are not counted as Failed Intervals.

4. Service Commitments

LeaderGPU will use commercially reasonable efforts to make the Covered Services available with the following Monthly Uptime Percentage targets, measured per calendar month and per affected resource. These targets apply only to resources equipped with Covered GPU Models as defined in Section 1. If the Monthly Uptime Percentage for a Covered Service falls below the applicable target, Customer may be eligible for Service Credits as described in Section 5, subject to the exclusions in Section 7.

Covered Service Monthly Uptime Percentage Target
Compute (GPU Virtual Machines)99.0%
Compute (Dedicated GPU Servers)99.0%

5. Service Credits

If LeaderGPU does not meet a service commitment in Section 4, Customer may be eligible to receive Service Credits as described below, subject to the exclusions in Section 7 and the request process in Section 6.

5.1 Service Credits Upon Request Only

Service Credits are provided only if Customer submits a Service Credit request in accordance with the process and deadlines described in Section 6. Failure to comply with Section 6 forfeits Customer’s right to receive a Service Credit.

5.2 Credit Type

Service Credits are applied as a monetary deduction on Customer’s next invoice for the affected Covered Service, calculated as a percentage of the Eligible Charges (as defined in Section 3) for the affected resource for the applicable month. Service Credits are not refunds and are not convertible to cash, except where required by law.

5.3 Credit Schedule

If the Monthly Uptime Percentage for a Covered Service falls below the applicable target in Section 4, the Service Credit is determined by the following tables:

Monthly Uptime Percentage Service Credit (% of Eligible Charges)
95.0% to < 99.0%10%
90.0% to < 95.0%25%
< 90.0%100%

Service Credits are calculated per affected resource per calendar month. Only the highest applicable credit percentage applies for each resource in a given month.

5.4 Maximum Credit

The maximum Service Credit for a single affected resource for a given month shall not exceed the Eligible Charges for that resource for that month. The maximum aggregate Service Credit across all affected resources for a given month shall not exceed 100% of the total Eligible Charges for all Covered Services for that month.

5.5 Credit Application

Approved Service Credits will be applied as a deduction on Customer’s next invoice for the affected Covered Service following the month in which the credit request is confirmed by LeaderGPU. Service Credits that have not been applied at the time of termination of Customer’s account are forfeited, except where prohibited by applicable law.

5.6 No Stacking of Credits

Credits may not be stacked or combined for the same period of Downtime. A single period of Downtime generates only one Service Credit per affected resource, regardless of the number of contributing causes.

6. How to Request a Service Credit

6.1 Incident Reporting

Customer should report Downtime incidents to LeaderGPU support as soon as practicable, and no later than 72 hours after the start of the incident. Incidents reported after 72 hours remain eligible for Service Credits, but LeaderGPU will rely solely on its own monitoring data to validate the claim, and Customer-provided evidence submitted after 72 hours will not be considered.

6.2 Credit Request

To receive a Service Credit, Customer must submit a formal credit request within 30 days after the end of the month in which the SLA failure occurred. The credit request must include:

  1. Customer account identifier.
  2. Affected resource IDs (VM instance ID, dedicated server ID).
  3. Dates, times, and timezone of each claimed Downtime incident.
  4. A brief description of the incident and its observed impact on the Covered Service.

Customer may also provide additional supporting evidence (e.g., support ticket number, monitoring logs, traceroutes, API error responses) to corroborate the claim.

6.3 Forfeiture

Failure to submit a credit request within the deadline specified in Section 6.2, or failure to provide the required information listed above, will forfeit Customer’s right to receive a Service Credit for that incident.

6.4 Source of Truth

LeaderGPU monitoring and logs are the source of truth for all SLA calculations. Customer-provided evidence may be used to corroborate a claim but does not override LeaderGPU records.

7. Exclusions

Downtime does not include any Unavailability, suspension, or performance issues caused directly or indirectly by:

If a force majeure event (as described above) renders the Covered Services substantially unavailable for more than 30 consecutive days, either party may terminate the affected Covered Service upon written notice. In such case, Customer shall receive a pro-rata refund of any prepaid unused fees for the terminated Service.

8. Maintenance

LeaderGPU may perform maintenance on the Service, whether planned or unplanned. Maintenance that has been communicated to Customer in advance does not count as Downtime for the purposes of this SLA.

8.1 Scheduled Maintenance

LeaderGPU will provide notice of Scheduled Maintenance through the Customer Portal, email, or status page no less than forty-eight (48) hours in advance. LeaderGPU will use commercially reasonable efforts to schedule maintenance during periods of lower usage.

8.2 Emergency Maintenance

Emergency Maintenance is maintenance required to address security vulnerabilities, imminent stability risks, or legal compliance obligations. LeaderGPU will provide notice of Emergency Maintenance as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any event no less than two (2) hours in advance where technically feasible, via the status page and email to the account’s primary contact. Emergency Maintenance communicated in advance (even with less than 48 hours’ notice) does not count as Downtime.

8.3 Uncommunicated Maintenance

Maintenance that is not communicated to the affected Customer before the start of the maintenance window is not excluded from Downtime calculations and may be counted toward the Monthly Uptime Percentage.

The Service is provided on bare-metal and GPU-passthrough infrastructure. Live migration is not supported. Any maintenance event requiring host-level access will result in a stop and restart of the affected server. Such restarts are handled as maintenance under this Section 8 and do not constitute Unavailability under Section 3.

9. Customer Responsibilities

Customer is responsible for:

10. Limitations of Liability

10.1 Exclusive Remedy

Service Credits described in Section 5 are Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy for any failure by LeaderGPU to meet the service commitments described herein, unless otherwise required by mandatory applicable law or an executed Order Form states otherwise.

10.2 Intent and Conscious Recklessness

Nothing in this SLA excludes or limits liability for damages caused by intent (opzet) or conscious recklessness (bewuste roekeloosheid) on the part of LeaderGPU’s management (bedrijfsleiding).

10.3 General Liability Cap

Except as provided in Section 10.2, LeaderGPU’s total aggregate liability for all claims arising out of or relating to this SLA, regardless of the form of action (whether in contract, tort, or otherwise), shall not exceed the total fees paid by Customer for the affected Covered Service during the twelve (12) months preceding the first event giving rise to the claim. This limitation applies to all causes of action except liability that cannot be excluded or limited under mandatory Dutch law.

10.4 Exclusion of Consequential Damages

In no event shall LeaderGPU be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to loss of profits, revenue, data (subject to Section 10.5), business opportunity, goodwill, costs of procuring substitute services, or loss arising from business interruption, regardless of the cause of action or theory of liability, even if LeaderGPU has been advised of the possibility of such damages, and regardless of how such damages might otherwise be classified as direct (directe schade) or indirect (indirecte schade) under applicable law. This exclusion does not apply to liability for intent (opzet) or conscious recklessness (bewuste roekeloosheid) of the management (bedrijfsleiding).

10.5 Data Loss Disclaimer

The Service is a compute platform, not a data storage or backup service. Automated backups are not included unless explicitly purchased as a separate add-on with its own service terms.

LeaderGPU is not liable for loss, corruption, or unauthorized access to Customer data stored on Compute instances or local disks, except to the extent such loss is directly caused by a failure of LeaderGPU infrastructure that constitutes Downtime under this SLA, in which case Customer’s sole remedy is the Service Credit described in Section 5. This disclaimer does not apply to data loss caused by intent (opzet) or conscious recklessness (bewuste roekeloosheid) as described in Section 10.2.

Customer acknowledges that: (a) the Service is not designed as a data archival or disaster recovery solution; (b) Customer is solely responsible for implementing backup, replication, and disaster recovery strategies appropriate for the workload; and (c) Customer should maintain off-site backups of all critical data.

10.6 Risk Allocation

The parties acknowledge that the fees charged for the Service reflect the allocation of risk set forth in this SLA, including the limitations on liability and the exclusive remedy of Service Credits.

11. Changes to This SLA

LeaderGPU may update this SLA from time to time. If LeaderGPU makes a material change, LeaderGPU will provide at least 60 days advance notice (via the Customer Portal, email, or status page) before the change takes effect, and will post an updated version and change the “Last updated” date above. Changes apply prospectively.

If a change materially reduces the service commitments or credit entitlements under this SLA, Customer may terminate the affected Covered Service without early-termination fees by providing written notice to info@leadergpu.com within 30 days after the change notification. Prepaid unused balances will be refunded on a pro-rata basis. This termination right does not apply to changes that (a) increase service commitments or credit entitlements, (b) are required by applicable law, regulation, or court order, or (c) are non-material corrections or clarifications.

If the Monthly Uptime Percentage for a Covered Service falls below its target in any three (3) consecutive calendar months, Customer may terminate the affected Covered Service without early-termination fees by providing written notice within 30 days after the end of the third such month. Prepaid unused balances will be refunded on a pro-rata basis.

The termination rights in this Section are in addition to, and do not limit, either Party’s statutory rights under applicable law, including dissolution (ontbinding) pursuant to Article 6:265 of the Dutch Civil Code.

12. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

This SLA is governed by the laws of the Netherlands, with the exclusion of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG).

Any dispute arising from this SLA shall be resolved through the following escalation process:

  1. Support. The parties shall first attempt to resolve the dispute through the normal support channel.
  2. Management Escalation. If unresolved within 14 days, the dispute shall be escalated to a designated manager at each party for good-faith negotiation.
  3. Mediation. If still unresolved within 30 days of escalation, either party may refer the dispute to mediation administered under the rules of the Mediatorsfederatie Nederland (MfN) in Amsterdam. The costs of the mediator shall be shared equally between the parties.
  4. Litigation. If mediation fails or is declined within 30 days of referral, either party may submit the dispute to the competent court in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Nothing in this section prevents either party from seeking interim or injunctive relief (kort geding) from a competent court where urgency so requires.

13. General Provisions

13.1 Survival

Sections 3 (Definitions), 5 (Service Credits), 6 (How to Request a Service Credit), 7 (Exclusions), 10 (Limitations of Liability), 12 (Governing Law and Dispute Resolution), and this Section 13 shall survive termination or expiration of this SLA and the underlying service agreement.

13.2 Entire SLA

This SLA constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to service levels for the Covered Services and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications regarding service levels, unless an executed Order Form expressly modifies specific provisions.

13.3 Expiry of Claims (Vervaltermijn)

Any right or claim arising out of or in connection with this SLA shall lapse (vervallen) and cease to exist if the other Party has not been notified in writing of the claim within twelve (12) months after the date on which the claimant became aware, or ought reasonably to have become aware, of the facts giving rise to the claim. This provision constitutes a contractual expiry period (vervaltermijn) and not a modification of any statutory limitation period (verjaringstermijn). This expiry period does not apply to claims arising from intent (opzet) or conscious recklessness (bewuste roekeloosheid) on the part of the other Party’s management (bedrijfsleiding).

13.4 Severability

If any provision of this SLA is held by a competent court to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect. The invalid provision shall be replaced by a valid provision that most closely reflects the original commercial intent of the Parties.

13.5 No Waiver

The failure of either Party to enforce any provision of this SLA shall not constitute a waiver of that Party’s right to enforce that or any other provision in the future.

13.6 Assignment

Customer may not assign or transfer this SLA or any rights hereunder without LeaderGPU’s prior written consent. LeaderGPU may assign this SLA to an affiliate or in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets, provided the assignee assumes all obligations under this SLA.

13.7 No Third-Party Rights

This SLA does not create any right or claim for or on behalf of any third party. No person or entity other than the Parties may derive rights from or enforce any provision of this SLA.

13.8 Headings

Section headings are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of this SLA.

14. Contact

For Service Credit requests and technical support: info@leadergpu.com or via the Customer Portal.

For legal notices (including termination, dispute escalation, and formal claims): by email to info@leadergpu.com and by registered mail (aangetekende post) to LeaderTelecom B.V., Zekeringstraat 17 A, 1014 BM Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Notices relating to termination, dispute escalation, or formal claims must be sent by both email and registered mail. Such notices are deemed received on the third (3rd) business day after posting (within the Netherlands) or the seventh (7th) business day after posting (from outside the Netherlands). Operational notices (support, credit requests) may be sent by email only.