Cyxtera announced it will support
companies through NVIDIA Inception, a program designed to nurture startups
revolutionizing industries with advancements in AI, data science, and HPC.
Through this collaboration, Cyxtera, via its landmark AI/ML compute as a
service offering, will provide NVIDIA-powered digital infrastructure resources
to members of NVIDIA Inception that are at the proof-of-concept stage.
"Aggressive companies at the leading edge are driving
innovation using AI that will revolutionize industries and completely alter the
way business is done in the years ahead," said Randy Rowland, Cyxtera's Chief
Operating Officer. "We're a firm believer in AI as a disruptive enabler of this
change, and we're proud to collaborate with NVIDIA to help enable the next
generation of great companies utilizing AI and data science to reinvent large
portions of the global economy."
With over 8,500 members, NVIDIA Inception supports
startups during critical stages of product development, prototyping, and
deployment. Every NVIDIA Inception member receives a custom set of ongoing
benefits, such as NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute credits, marketing awareness
support, and technology assistance, which provides startups with the
fundamental tools to help them grow.
Cyxtera will provide NVIDIA Inception members credits for
on-demand compute resources, powered by NVIDIA DGX A100 systems, which are
specifically designed to meet the needs of AI workloads. Cyxtera's AI/ML
compute as a service offering, which is available in multiple Cyxtera data
centers, provides the simplicity and ease of the cloud, with the deterministic
performance of dedicated infrastructure. This new, flexible infrastructure
model leverages point-and-click provisioning via Cyxtera's digital exchange.
"Startups are the future of accelerated computing, and
we're committed to fostering their development," said Serge Lemonde, Global
Head of NVIDIA Inception. "That's why we're working with Cyxtera to provide a
unique program benefit through which our Inception members can test, validate,
and build their businesses."
Cyxtera already supports Shakudo, a NVIDIA Inception
member and startup that is revolutionizing how businesses ship machine
learning-powered products. Shakudo's platform empowers companies' internal data
science and machine learning teams to extend their reach into the engineering
and DevOps aspects of their work while enhancing their speed to market,
reducing complexity and cost of execution, and the ability to broaden the
mandates of existing talent as an alternative to hiring. By leveraging
Cyxtera's AI/ML compute as a service offering, Shakudo is able to reduce infrastructure
costs and time to value, using NVIDIA DGX A100 systems for data processing,
model training, and inference.
"Working with NVIDIA Inception and Cyxtera helped shape
our roadmap as we increase our focus on driving infrastructure efficiency for
accelerated machine learning workloads," said Yevgeniy Vahlis, Shakudo's
co-founder and CEO. "The Multi-Instance GPU technology on NVIDIA DGX A100
systems helps maximize performance across different AI application workloads."
As NVIDIA Inception members continue to mature and require
access to more robust infrastructure solutions, they will get on-demand pricing
for expanded access to Cyxtera's AI/ML compute as a service offering. This
provides businesses with a flexible, cost-effective model to add the infrastructure
they need as they grow. Cyxtera's portfolio of solutions for AI workloads will
provide companies access to dedicated compute resources and a rich ecosystem of
service providers and technology solutions. This includes storage/storage as a
service, interconnectivity, and security, among other managed services, to
complement NVIDIA DGXTM A100 deployment via the Cyxtera Marketplace.