HPE accelerates AI data centres with Nvidia AI Factory innovation

Introducing new solutions for secure and scalable AI Factories, HPE is also debuting a new AI data centre interconnect to optimise AI workload performance across clusters operating over long distances or within multiple clouds.

Likewise, the company announced the first AI Factory lab in the EU for customers worldwide to test and validate their sovereign AI Factories.

“HPE and Nvidia continue to provide the foundation for secure AI factories at any scale, with new innovations that deliver a greater range of performance for more diverse workloads than ever before,” said Antonio Neri, president and CEO of HPE.

“Together, HPE and NVIDIA are showcasing our unique strengths to deliver true full-stack AI infrastructures that provide enterprises with a greater range of performance for more diverse workloads.”

A critical part of these plans will see HPE address customer need for more control and autonomy over their AI infrastructure and data. As part of these plans, HPE and Nvidia are launching a new AI Factory Lab in Grenoble, France, where customers can test and refine workloads on a sovereign, air-cooled AI Factory environment.

Equipped with the latest Nvidia AI Enterprise software and HPE servers, alongside other cutting-edge technologies, the lab will enable customers to validate performance on infrastructure located and running in the EU. Ultimately, it hopes to support scaled AI for the region and help address data sovereignty and regulatory compliance needs of global enterprises operating within the EU.

The news comes as interest in data sovereignty ramps up across Europe. With this in mind, HPE’s Sovereign AI factory solutions are now available with new system designs that incorporate country-specific compliance requirements, making it easier for organisations to comply with local regulations.

“Every nation and enterprise needs to own the production of its intelligence,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “We’re transforming the data centre into an AI factory — a manufacturing plant for the new industrial revolution — and by deploying the full stack of NVIDIA accelerated computing and Spectrum-X Ethernet networking with HPE, we’re creating the template for sovereign AI.

“The new AI Factory Lab provides a foundry where customers can turn data into value, securely and at scale.”

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