# Modelplane: Open-source control plane for AI inference

> Source: <https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/26/modelplane-open-source-control-plane-ai-inference/>
> Published: 2026-06-26 04:30:18+00:00

Organizations that run open-weight models on hardware they own operate GPU fleets spread across clouds, neoclouds, and on-premise data centers. Each fleet handles model placement, replica scaling, infrastructure provisioning, weight distribution, and traffic routing. Teams have built this coordination layer by hand, one operator at a time. Upbound, the company behind the Crossplane project, released Modelplane, an open-source control plane that manages fleet-wide coordination for AI inference. The software installs in a user’s own environment … [More ](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/26/modelplane-open-source-control-plane-ai-inference/)

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