The Challenge

Founded in 2014, Fantasmo provides a camera-based positioning system (CPS)—a groundbreaking alternative to GPS that delivers hyper-accurate location data for urban mobility, robotics, AR, and navigation applications.

As Fantasmo’s platform scaled, its Azure-based infrastructure struggled to keep pace with growth. GPU availability constraints, manual container management, and limited orchestration capabilities were slowing innovation and impacting application performance.

To continue supporting a global customer base—including major e-scooter operators and mobility providers—Fantasmo needed a flexible, scalable, and high-performance cloud foundation that could handle compute-intensive workloads, reduce operational complexity, and ensure global availability.

Key challenges included:

• Difficulty scaling compute and GPU resources due to Azure availability and global chip shortages.
• Lack of container orchestration and automation, resulting in high management overhead.
• Need to scale front-end and back-end services independently for optimal performance.
• Requirement for global multi-region deployment (U.S. and Europe).
• Growing need for improved observability, cost control, and security posture.

Fantasmo’s engineering team sought a modern cloud architecture that could not only meet their immediate performance needs but also serve as a long-term foundation for innovation.

The Solution

AWS and UTurn Data Solutions collaborated to design a modern cloud compute strategy that addressed Fantasmo’s scalability, performance, and orchestration challenges.

As an AWS Advanced Tier Consulting Partner and AWS DevOps Competency Partner, UTurn brought proven expertise in containerization, automation, and cloud migration—accelerating Fantasmo’s journey from Azure to AWS.

Phase 1: Rapid Cloud Migration with Rocketry Rapid Launch

UTurn deployed its Rocketry Rapid Launch framework—an enterprise-grade, Terraform-based AWS onboarding methodology—to deliver a secure, well-architected, and production-ready environment in under three months.

• Established AWS landing zones with automated network, security, and compliance baselines.
• Deployed Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) modules for repeatability and governance.
• Built CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments and environment provisioning.

Phase 2: Optimized Compute Strategy

UTurn’s architecture team re-engineered Fantasmo’s compute architecture to optimize resource utilization and improve performance:

• Amazon ECS on Fargate for serverless container orchestration of front-end services.
• GPU-enabled EC2 instances for machine learning workloads requiring high parallel processing.
• Multi-region deployment to support clients in both the U.S. and Europe.
• AWS FSx for Lustre for high-throughput, low-latency access to large map repositories.
• Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL to provide a managed, high-performance relational database.

Phase 3: DevOps and Governance Modernization

• Automated environment creation and deployment pipelines.
• Separate network and security accounts for production and development.
• Centralized monitoring and logging for improved observability.

Following the migration, Fantasmo extended its collaboration with UTurn through the Architect-in-Residence (AiR) program, embedding a senior AWS architect to guide continued optimization, cost governance, and training.

Tech Stack:

AWS ECS (Fargate) · EC2 (GPU) · AWS FSx for Lustre · Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL · Terraform · AWS Transit Gateway · AWS CloudTrail · AWS Config · Rocketry Rapid Launch Framework

Measurable Results

The migration delivered immediate and lasting benefits across performance, scalability, and operational efficiency:

• Migration completed in under 3 months, accelerating time to value.
• Improved application performance and availability across global regions.
• 50% reduction in management overhead through container orchestration and automation (confirm metric).
• Enhanced developer velocity, enabling faster deployments and experimentation.
• Increased flexibility and scalability, supporting independent scaling of services.
• High-throughput access to map data, enabling faster image processing and ML inference.
• Reduced operational risk and improved SLAs through AWS-managed services.

“UTurn’s excellent team of cloud engineers drastically improved the way we were leveraging public cloud resources, and they have truly become an extension of our organization. The expertise and professionalism they brought to this engagement really made this migration process a success.”

– Ryan Measel, CEO & Co-Founder, Fantasmo

Why UTurn

Fantasmo selected UTurn for its deep AWS expertise, DevOps competency, and ability to balance speed, scale, and structure. Through collaboration and technical rigor, UTurn delivered a solution that combined immediate performance improvements with a strong foundation for future innovation.

UTurn’s Rocketry Rapid Launch framework and Architect-in-Residence (AiR) program empowered Fantasmo to not only modernize its infrastructure but to continuously evolve—realizing the full potential of cloud scalability and compute performance.

Ready to unlock scalable, high-performance cloud solutions? Partner with UTurn to accelerate your modernization journey and realize the value of a resilient, AWS-native architecture.