Cloud infrastructure company Vultr recently announced a four-way strategic collaboration with Juniper Networks, AMD, and Broadcom to team up on a new ecosystem to help foster the next phase of AI innovation with new GPU data center architecture.
Additionally, Vultr will be expanding its Chicago cloud data center region at Centersquare’s Lisle, Illinois location. This location will also include an AMD GPU supercomputer cluster, powered by ROCm open software and an ecosystem of best-of-breed AI infrastructure collaborators.
“Open ecosystems are the foundation of innovation,” said J.J. Kardwell, the CEO of Vultr. “Our collaboration with AMD, Broadcom, and Juniper Networks empowers enterprises and AI innovators to harness the full potential of accelerated computing with the highest levels of flexibility, scalability, interoperability, and security.”
Collaboration brings together strengths across technology
Through this collaboration, each company will bring a unique aspect to the partnership building this ecosystem. A leader in AI-native networking, Broadcom’s ethernet network adapters will be an ideal solution for secure data center connectivity, high-performance compute clusters, and intelligent flow processing for AI training and AI inference. Juniper will bring its AI-optimized Ethernet products to the table to deliver secure, high-performance networking with simplified operations, from the data center to the cloud edge.
Combining Juniper’s networking solutions and Broadcom’s Ethernet technologies with Vultr’s cloud infrastructure, customers will be able to utilize the new AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs and ROCm open software for their global AI training and inference workloads.
“As enterprises look to expand AI investments in 2025, they need high-performance, scalable, sustainable cloud GPU infrastructure,” said Negin Oliver, corporate vice president of business development, Data Center GPU Business Unit, AMD. “AMD is proud to collaborate with Broadcom, Juniper, and Vultr to bring state-of-the-art AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs and ROCm software to Vultr’s composable cloud infrastructure to power enterprise’s AI development and deployment.”
Vultr Cloud Alliance
Vultr has continued to make moves in the channel to deliver adaptable AI cloud services. The company recently saw NetApp join its Vultr Cloud Alliance, which is a collaboration of technology providers that leverage each other’s strengths to address the demand for scalable and composable infrastructure for cloud and AI workloads.
Key features of NetApp joining the alliance include:
- Data protection and compliance through NetApp’s ONTAP solution which offers built-in encryption, compliance tools, and automated backup capabilities.
- Cost-effective scalability as a result of Vultr’s infrastructure and NetApp’s storage solutions that reduce reliance on on-premises resources.
- Hybrid multi-cloud flexibility supported by the partnership, allowing organizations to avoid vendor lock-in and customize deployments.
“This collaboration helps make AI-driven innovation possible for enterprises with the most demanding security, compliance, and performance requirements,” Kardwell said. “By integrating NetApp’s industry-leading data management capabilities with Vultr’s high-performance global cloud infrastructure, we are enabling enterprises to harness the power of AI while maintaining control over their data assets.”
The Vultr Cloud Alliance was introduced last year and was established to bring the best in cloud computing infrastructure and services to the public. The alliance gives customers easy access to Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) providers operating in the cloud space.
Among the alliance’s inaugural partners were Cloud 66, Backblaze, Domino Data Lab, and Console Connect.
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