I'm a systems architect in Adelaide, South Australia.
Australian businesses in healthcare, legal, and finance are sending sensitive client data to American AI systems. US jurisdiction. US servers. Their compliance teams are starting to notice.
So I built an alternative.
NorthStar LLM API runs Gemma3 on dedicated hardware in South Australia, served through Cloudflare's Sydney and Melbourne edge nodes. Your prompts never leave Australia. No per-token billing. Flat monthly subscription from $29 AUD/month.
The API is OpenAI-compatible — existing code works with one endpoint change.
Technical stack:
- Gemma3 4b and 12b via Ollama
- i9-14900K / 32GB DDR5 / RTX A2000 12GB
- Cloudflare Zero Trust tunnel — no open inbound ports
- Custom Node.js auth gateway — per-client API key isolation
- Full request logging per client
Built for regulated industries where data residency is a legal requirement, not a preference.
GitHub: https://github.com/northstarholdings-au/northstar-llm-api
Trial keys available — 100 free requests, no credit card required. Email northstarholdings.global@gmail.com with subject "API Trial Request".
Happy to discuss architecture decisions or the Australian data sovereignty compliance angle.
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