VAST Data, a leading data platform company for AI, has announced a new strategic collaboration with Equinix. This partnership aims to provide a comprehensive solution for NVIDIA DGX systems and the NVIDIA AI Enterprise platform, leveraging the infrastructure of Equinix’s high-performance International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers.
An AI development platform for businesses
The collaboration between VAST Data and Equinix aims to offer businesses a solid foundation for the development and implementation of generative artificial intelligence applications. This solution enables organizations to modernize and harness their enterprise data for AI workloads, without compromising data security or infrastructure ease of use.
Current market challenges
In an increasingly competitive business environment, activating data for new insights requires advanced technologies and presents challenges involving complex and orchestrated workflows. To address these challenges and simplify the process, the VAST Data-Equinix collaboration leverages a global multicloud network connected through private network access to cloud services and enterprise providers.
Key benefits of collaboration
The alliance between VAST Data and Equinix offers several significant benefits for businesses:
Optimized performance for AI infrastructure investments
Comprehensive infrastructure solution with complete control and security
Hybrid cloud AI computing
Simplified data management in AI workflows
Performance and security
Jon Lin, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Services at Equinix, highlights: “Equinix is helping customers access the benefits of AI by providing a globally managed platform in close proximity to their data through high-bandwidth private interconnections with cloud providers.”
A new era in accelerated computing infrastructure
Renen Hallak, Founder and CEO of VAST Data, states: “By combining supercomputing services with VAST’s native AI offering for scalable and secure data services deployed in Equinix data centers, we are setting a new standard in delivering high-performance, scalable, simple, and sustainable accelerated computing infrastructure.”
This collaboration marks a significant milestone in the development of enterprise AI solutions, providing organizations with the tools needed to maximize their data and accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence.