Deploying Llama 3 706B Locally: The Real‑World Blueprint
Hey, I’m Nick Creighton – the operator who ships. If you’ve been listening to the latest episode of Signal Notes, you already know why the 706‑billion‑parameter Llama 3 model is the hot‑ticket right now. Everyone’s pulling it in through a cloud API, but that route hands over your most valuable data to a third party. In this post I’m spilling the exact steps, hardware choices, and cost calculations you need to run that monster entirely inside your own walls. No fluff, just the nitty‑gritty that lets you protect proprietary docs, codebases, and customer data while still getting world‑class reasoning.
Why “Local” Matters More Than Ever
Three reasons keep me up at night when I hear “API”:
Privacy compliance. Regulations (GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA) often forbid sending personally identifiable information outside a controlled environment.
