What if video teams could access the performance and efficiency of dedicated VPU hardware without building their own data center infrastructure or waiting for a hyperscaler to support specialized encoding hardware? In this episode of Voices of Video, Mark Donnigan talks with Mark Mahle, co-founder and CEO of NetActuate, about a practical version of VPU as a Service: deploying NETINT VPUs through NetActuate’s global infrastructure platform. The conversation shows how engineering and operations teams can access VPU-powered transcoding through virtual machines, managed Kubernetes, bare metal, or co-location, with the flexibility to choose locations, firmware, networking, and deployment models. For streaming platforms, video engineers, and infrastructure teams, the value is clear: lower cost per stream, faster deployment, more control than traditional public cloud, and the ability to scale video processing closer to users across global markets. The episode also includes a demo showing how NETINT VPU resources can be deployed and managed through NetActuate’s platform, and how AI assistants can create BitStreams transcoding workflows using natural language.