Cloud storage company Wasabi Technologies has launched a new storage class to support AI workloads.

The company has also added a new storage region in San Jose, California, in partnership with IBM Cloud.

The storage class for AI workloads is dubbed "Wasabi Fire" and, according to the company, extends its storage platform with NVMe, SSD-based performance designed for compute-intensive AI and ML training and real-time inference.

The offering is priced at $19.99 per terabyte per month, and comes with no egress fees or "hidden charges."

“Object storage is the backbone of AI, but customers shouldn’t have to choose between speed and cost,” said David Friend, co-founder and CEO of Wasabi Technologies. “With Wasabi Fire, we’re delivering NVMe performance at disruptive prices, allowing organizations to cost-effectively store the critical data needed to train AI.”

In addition to the platform update, Wasabi's newest region in San Jose brings the company's total to 16 worldwide and has been launched with IBM Cloud. It also offers Wasabi Fire, colocated with IBM infrastructure.

“We’re excited for Wasabi to expand into Silicon Valley with the IBM Cloud San Jose data center,” said Alan Peacock, GM of IBM Cloud. “Wasabi Fire on the IBM Cloud is designed to give clients the benefits of IBM’s secured enterprise-grade infrastructure.”

Wasabi now has over three exabytes of data under management.

In 2024, Wasabi Technologies acquired Curio AI to enable video stored in Wasabi to have AI-generated second-by-second indexing and metadata, making it easier to find footage in massive stores.

Wasabi Technology focuses solely on cloud storage offerings and was founded by Friend and Jeff Flowers. The company counts Liverpool Football Club and anime studio Khara among its customers.