Nscale, a fully vertically integrated AI cloud platform, has announced the acquisition of Kontena, a leader in high-density modular data centres and AI Data Centre solutions. This acquisition represents a significant advancement in Nscale’s mission to provide a robust infrastructure backbone to the rapidly growing generative AI market through cost-effective, high-performance solutions that unlock AI’s full potential.
Jef Laurijssen, CEO of Kontena, remarked, “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.”
Combining Expertise for High-Performance Solutions
By capitalizing on Kontena’s innovative KONNECT ecosystem and Nscale’s extensive infrastructure capabilities, the partnership aims to deliver high-performance solutions. Kontena designed its flagship product, the EDGE data room, as a fully modular Generative AI Data Centre solution to meet the complex demands of advancing AI development. This EDGE data room is one of the world’s first modular solutions deploying AI infrastructure on-premises and in remote locations, far quicker and at lower costs than traditional Tier 3 Data Centres.
Joshua Payne, CEO of Nscale, stated, “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.”
Commitment to Sustainability and Innovation
Nscale’s acquisition of Kontena also underscores 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. This strategic move aligns with Nscale’s dedication to driving innovation and delivering exceptional value to its customers.
Additionally, this acquisition 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 three years. This further solidifies Nscale’s commitment to AI infrastructure and optimized workloads for global markets.
About Nscale and Kontena
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.
Kontena, founded in 2018, specializes 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.
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