Modular data center firm Ecoblox and chip designer Tenstorrent have signed an agreement to help expand their AI and high performance computing (HPC) offerings in the Middle East and Africa.
The companies will work together to bring AI and HPC compute capacity to the Middle East/Africa region, which is seeing increasing demand.
Founded in 2016, Tenstorrent builds scalable artificial intelligence accelerators for both the cloud and Edge in order to compete with Nvidia’s GPUs, while Ecoblox designs, builds, and supports modular data centers for AI and HPC workloads.
“Providing customers access to the latest in supercomputing quickly and cost-efficiently is the main driver in our investment in a top-tier ecosystem,” said Theo Valich, CEO and co-founder, Ecoblox. “Our partnership with Tenstorrent not only strengthens our ecosystem but makes us the best option for customers who are looking to design and build AI/HPC data centers.”
“We are impressed with Ecoblox’s knowledge and experience in the design and construction of data centers that are focused on AI and HPC. Joining their ecosystem will accelerate our growth in the Middle East and Africa regions,” said David Bennett, chief customer officer of Tenstorrent. “Together, with their expertise in HPC and distributed computing, we can accelerate the next generation of AI.”
Ecoblox is headquartered in Dubai, UAE. The company has a few different offerings, from rack level to 20-40ft modular data centers, alongside custom module data centers, all of which are designed for high-density workloads and can support Nvidia and AMD GPUs, and Tenstorrent processors.
In July 2024, SingularityNet, a decentralized and blockchain-based AI infrastructure provider, announced that it would be using Ecoblox's modular data centers to expand its offering.
Tenstorrent completed a Series D funding round in December 2024, which saw the company valued at more than $2.6 billion. Raising $693 million, investors included Jeff Bezos' Bezos Expeditions, Samsung Securities, and AFW Partners.
