Nscale Acquires Kontena to Enhance HPC and AI Infrastructure Capabilities
22 July 2024 - 9:01AM
Business Wire
Nscale, a fully vertically integrated AI cloud platform, today
announced the acquisition of Kontena, a leader in high-density
modular data centres and AI Data Centre solutions.
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This acquisition marks a significant step forward in Nscale's
mission to provide the infrastructure backbone to the growing
generative AI market through cost-effective, high-performance
solutions that unlock AI's full potential.
Jef Laurijssen, CEO of Kontena, commented: “Joining forces with
Nscale provides us with an incredible opportunity to accelerate the
development and deployment of cutting-edge Generative AI Data
Centre solutions. Our combined expertise will enable us to deliver
unparalleled value to our customers in the AI and HPC markets.”
Capitalising on Kontena’s innovative KONNECT ecosystem combined
with Nscale’s extensive infrastructure capabilities, the two
companies will deliver high-performance solutions. Kontena's
flagship product, the EDGE data room, is a fully modular Generative
AI Data Centre solution designed to meet the complex demands of
advancing AI development. The EDGE data room is one of the world’s
first modular solution deploying AI infrastructure on-premises and
in remote locations, far quicker and at lower cost than traditional
Tier 3 Data Centres.
Nscale’s acquisition of Kontena bolsters its commitment to
sustainability. Kontena’s modular AI data centre solutions will
enable Nscale to deliver faster and more cost-effective deployments
for customers at its 100% renewable data centre sites in Norway and
the US.
Joshua Payne, CEO of Nscale, commented: “The acquisition of
Kontena allows Nscale to design, build, and deploy bespoke GPU
clusters at scale for global Generative AI customers more quickly
and more cost-effectively than the competition. Building Kontena
into the Nscale value chain will allow us to deliver bespoke GPU
superclusters and data centre builds for our large supercluster and
hyperscale customers across Nscale’s 500MW of greenfield data
centre capacity. This modular system can be deployed in Nscale’s
data centres, on-premise, or at the edge to deliver unrivalled
speed, performance, and efficiency on GenAI workloads. This is an
important step towards our goal of vertical integration.”
This acquisition underscores Nscale’s dedication to driving
innovation and delivering exceptional value to its customers. It
follows Nscale’s recent announcement of a strategic partnership
with Open Innovation AI, a leading GPU orchestration platform in
MENA, targeting the deployment of 30,000 GPUs over the next 3
years, further solidifying its commitment to AI infrastructure and
optimised workloads for global markets.
About Nscale
Nscale is a fully vertically integrated AI GPU Cloud provider
delivering compute to the generative AI market at scale. Leveraging
its 60MW renewable energy-powered data centre in Norway and a
pipeline of over 500MW of greenfield data centres in the US. Nscale
enables customers to run efficient and scalable AI training,
fine-tuning, and compute-intensive workloads, supporting advanced
AI research and development. Nscale provides the AI infrastructure
backbone to the generative AI market.
About Kontena
Founded in 2018, Kontena specialises in high-density data
centres and HPC solutions, combining innovation with practicality.
The company recently collaborated with ElioVP and Bluesio to
develop better and more innovative AI and HPC solutions.
For more information about Nscale’s AI & HPC solutions and
the Kontena acquisition, visit nscale.com.
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