Jan 9, 2025

Jan. 3, 2025 After announcing a collaboration with AMD, Vultr announced that it would also partner up with Broadcom Inc. and Juniper Networks. ID 90274546 © Vladimir Timofeev | Dreamstime.com Vultr announced a partnership with Broadcom Inc., Juniper Networks, and AMD. Part of this announcement includes the expansion of Vultr’s Chicago cloud data center region at Centersquare’s Lisle, Illinois location, with a GPU supercompute cluster by AMD, powered by ROCm open software and a range of AI infrastructure collaborators. Broadcom’s Ethernet network adapters are an adequate solution for secure data center connectivity, high-performance compute clusters, and intelligent flow processing for both AI inference and training. Juniper will be providing its AI-optimized Ethernet products that deliver secure, high-performance networking while still utilizing simple operations, from the data center to the cloud edge. Through the combined forces of Broadcom’s Ethernet technologies, Vultr’s cloud infrastructure, and Juniper’s networking solutions, customers can utilize the power of AMD’s Instinct MI300X GPUs and ROCm open software for their worldwide AI inference and training. “Open ecosystems are the foundation of innovation,” said J.J. Kardwell, CEO of Vultr. “Our collaboration with AMD, Broadcom, and Juniper Networks empowers enterprises and AI innovators to harness the full potential of accelerated computing with the highest levels of flexibility, scalability, interoperability, and security.” “As enterprises look to expand AI investments in 2025, they need high-performance, scalable, sustainable cloud GPU infrastructure,” said Negin Oliver, Corporate Vice President of Business Development, Data Center GPU Business Unit, AMD. “AMD is proud to collaborate with Broadcom, Juniper and Vultr to bring state-of-the art AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs and ROCm software stack to Vultr’s composable cloud infrastructure to power enterprise’s AI development and deployment.” “Ethernet has become the de facto technology for backend networks in large-scale AI deployments. Broadcom’s leading switch silicon and network adapters are accelerating such networks to ever higher performance,” said Ram Velaga, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Core Switching Group, Broadcom. “We are proud to work with AMD, Juniper and Vultr to power this supercompute cluster based on open Ethernet networking.” “High-performance connectivity is critical for operational efficiency of AI,” said Praveen Jain, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Data Center & AI, Juniper Networks. “We were the first OEM to deliver 800G switches. Furthermore, Juniper is committed to open, AI-optimized, Ethernet solutions, with capabilities like advanced load balancing and automated congestion control for optimal AI workload performance. Through our collaboration with AMD, Broadcom and Vultr, we're building the robust network infrastructure that will fuel the AI breakthroughs of tomorrow.” Continue Reading