Studio & Facility Technology
We're opening a new studio. Where do we start?
Start here. Timeline Tech consults, designs and delivers complete technology environments for new studios, AI/VFX-ready facilities and temporary production sites — from the internet connection to the support contract.
Building a facility is a sequence of dependent decisions. The internet connection dictates the firewall. The firewall and network dictate how storage, render and workstations are segmented. Storage performance dictates how many artists the floor can support. Every one of those decisions is easier and cheaper to get right before the desks arrive.
We work with founders, facility managers and heads of technology from the first conversation through to handover and ongoing support. You get one accountable partner for the whole chain, rather than a dozen suppliers pointing at each other.
The chain we design and deliver
Internet to support, in order.
- 01
Internet
Resilient connectivity sized for uploads, reviews and remote work, with a second path where the business needs one.
- 02
Firewall
A secure perimeter designed around content-security expectations from day one.
- 03
Network
Segmented switching at 10, 25, 40 or 100Gb depending on what moves between artists, storage and render.
- 04
Wi-Fi
Properly surveyed wireless for the office, the floor and the stage, kept separate from production traffic.
- 05
Compute
GPU and CPU compute for AI, simulation and heavy artist workloads.
- 06
Workstations
Artist, editor and AI workstations specified, imaged and ready on move-in day.
- 07
Render
Render farm and scheduler configured to the pipeline, with room to grow or burst.
- 08
Storage
High-performance shared storage that every part of the facility depends on.
- 09
Backup
Snapshots, near-site and off-site protection, with recovery that is tested rather than assumed.
- 10
Security
Access control, endpoint protection and policies that stand up to studio assessment.
- 11
Support
Ongoing engineering from the team that built the environment.
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Typical projects
New studio or facility
You have a lease, a headcount and a start date. We turn that into a technology plan, a bill of materials and a working facility.
AI/VFX-ready upgrade
An existing facility that needs GPU compute, faster storage and a network that can keep up, without stopping production to get there.
Temporary production facility
A pop-up post house, a production office or a location build that needs to work on day one and disappear cleanly at wrap.
Delivered by Timeline Tech, supported by a trusted network of specialist technology partners where required — for additional compute, temporary connectivity or independent security testing.
Building something new?
Tell us the space, the headcount and the date. We'll tell you what it takes to be ready.