HPE and NVIDIA Unveil New AI Factory Solutions with Blackwell GPUs

HPE and NVIDIA's Collaborative AI Factory Solutions

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and NVIDIA have joined forces to introduce a comprehensive suite of AI factory offerings, aimed at accelerating AI adoption across various industries. The announcement, made at HPE Discover in Las Vegas, showcases a range of innovative products and solutions designed to empower enterprises in building and scaling generative, agentic, and industrial AI 1

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New Hardware Offerings

At the heart of this collaboration is the introduction of new hardware solutions powered by NVIDIA's latest Blackwell GPU architecture:

1. HPE ProLiant Compute DL380a Gen12 servers: These AI-ready RTX PRO Servers feature the new NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs, providing a universal data center platform for various enterprise and industrial AI use cases 1

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2. HPE Compute XD690: This new NVIDIA HGX B300 system is built with NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs and is expected to ship in October 1

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3. NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 platform: Based on the NVIDIA Grace Blackwell architecture, this system will be deployed at the KDDI Osaka Sakai Data Center in Japan 1

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Software and Infrastructure Stack

The AI factory offerings extend beyond hardware to include a comprehensive software and infrastructure stack:

1. NVIDIA AI Enterprise software: This forms a crucial part of the AI computing portfolio 1

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2. HPE OpsRamp Software: A validated observability solution for the NVIDIA Enterprise AI Factory 1

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3. HPE Morpheus Enterprise Software: Provides orchestration capabilities for the AI infrastructure 1

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4. HPE Private Cloud AI: A full-stack, turnkey AI factory solution co-engineered with NVIDIA and validated as part of the NVIDIA Enterprise AI Factory framework 1

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Industry Partnerships and Use Cases

The collaboration between HPE and NVIDIA extends to various industry partnerships and use cases:

1. KDDI in Japan: Working with HPE to build NVIDIA AI infrastructure to accelerate global adoption 1

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2. Accenture's AI Refinery: HPE will co-test agentic AI workflows built on this platform, focusing on use cases in financial services such as sourcing, procurement, and risk analysis 1

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3. Expanded partner ecosystem: HPE has added 26 new partners to its "Unleash AI" ecosystem, now offering more than 70 packaged AI workloads across various industries 1

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Security and Governance

Recognizing the importance of security in AI deployments, HPE has implemented several measures:

1. Air-gapped management, multi-tenancy, and post-quantum cryptography support in HPE Private Cloud AI 1

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2. Try-before-you-buy program: Allows customers to test the system in Equinix data centers before purchase 1

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3. AI Acceleration Workshops: Conducted in partnership with NVIDIA to help scale AI deployments 1

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Industry Impact and Future Outlook

The collaboration between HPE and NVIDIA represents a significant step forward in enterprise AI adoption. Antonio Neri, president and CEO of HPE, emphasized the transformative potential of AI and the importance of having the right IT foundation 2

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. Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, highlighted the dawn of a new industrial era defined by the ability to generate intelligence at scale 2

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As the AI landscape continues to evolve, the comprehensive approach taken by HPE and NVIDIA in delivering full-stack AI factory infrastructure is poised to empower organizations to harness their data and accelerate innovation with unprecedented speed and precision 2

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