Artificial intelligence (AI) cloud computing provider Sharon AI has expanded its GPU cloud.
The company has added 160 Nvidia H100s to its GPU cloud platform, deployed at NextDC's Melbourne data center in Australia.
Sharon AI's cloud platform now offers access to Nvidia H100s, L40S, A40, RTX3090, and AMD's MI300X. The company is also working on design and testing with the NextDC engineering team in anticipation of the coming Nvidia H200s which will be delivered in early 2025.
Wolf Schubert, CEO of Sharon AI Inc., said: “We are very pleased to be again this year expanding our GPU-as-a-Service offering with the latest generation AI/HPC GPUs from Nvidia. We are also excited to strengthen and grow our partnership with NextDC – their Tier IV Gold-certified facilities operate at exceptional levels of efficiency combined with 100 percent uptime, which means Sharon AI can offer industry-leading security, performance, and resilience standards for our AI customers.”
“NextDC is excited to announce the extension of our partnership with Sharon AI, a move that will continue to unlock unparalleled computational power across Australia’s GPUaaS market. Together, we are building highly resilient and scalable solutions to meet the growing demand for sovereign AI and high-performance computing in Australia,” added David Dzienciol, chief customer and commercial officer of NextDC.
Sharon AI also has a presence in Sydney and has "several facility development opportunities under negotiation" in the US.
Earlier this year, Sharon AI acquired Distributed Storage Solutions for $25 million, giving the combined entity strategic relationships with Nvidia and Lenovo as well as a team with over 15 years of data center operations and energy infrastructure management experience.
NextDC has data centers located across Australia including in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Port Hedland, Canberra, Adelaide, Darwin, the Sunshine Coast, and Newman.
In Melbourne, the company has three data centers and a fourth in planning.
The company is expanding across Asia, and in September was looking to raise AU$550 million (US$367m) to fund its international efforts, and a AU$2.9 billion ($1.9bn) syndicated loan.
