Artificial intelligence (AI) cloud platform, Nscale, has announced the acquisition of Kontena, a provider of high-density modular data centres and AI data centre solutions.
This acquisition represents an advancement in Nscale’s mission to improve the infrastructure backbone for the burgeoning generative AI market. By integrating Kontena’s innovative solutions, Nscale aims to offer cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure that will take leverage AI’s potential.
“Joining forces with Nscale provides us with an incredible opportunity to accelerate the development and deployment of cutting-edge Generative AI Data Centre solutions,” said Jef Laurijssen, CEO at Kontena.
Kontena added the companies’ combined expertise will enable Kontena to deliver value to their users in the AI and HPC markets.The merger will utilise Kontena’s KONNECT ecosystem alongside Nscale’s infrastructure capabilities to deliver advanced high-performance solutions. Kontena’s flagship product, the EDGE data room, is a modular Generative AI data centre solution designed to address the complex demands of evolving AI technology.
The EDGE data room is among the world’s first modular solutions to deploy AI infrastructure both on-premises and in remote locations, achieving faster and more cost-effective results than traditional Tier 3 data centres.