Digital Realty has announced on Thursday a collaboration with Oracle to accelerate the growth and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) among enterprises. The deal aims to develop hybrid integrated solutions that address Data Gravity challenges, expedite time to market for enterprises deploying next-generation AI services and unlock data and AI-based business outcomes.
As part of this collaboration, Oracle will deploy critical GPU-based infrastructure in a dedicated Digital Realty data centre in Northern Virginia. This deployment, which leverages Digital Realty’s open, purpose-built global data centre solution PlatformDIGITAL, will cater to various enterprises and AI customers, helping them to address critical infrastructure challenges, including those experienced with NVIDIA and AMD deployments.
By leveraging the expertise and resources of both Oracle and Digital Realty, customers with mixed requirements can benefit from a tailored and efficient solution that meets their specific needs for GPU-based infrastructure.
This announcement further strengthens Digital Realty’s existing partnership with Oracle, which currently encompasses multiple deployments across the globe, 11 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) FastConnect points of presence, a global ServiceFabric presence, and a recent Oracle Solution Center deployment in one of Digital Realty’s Frankfurt data centres. In the fourth quarter of last year, Digital Realty successfully implemented an OCI Dedicated Region deployment for a major financial services customer, showcasing the potential of the collaboration between Oracle and Digital Realty in meeting enterprise customers’ hybrid cloud requirements.
“We’re excited to be working with Digital Realty to bring innovative solutions to the market that empower our enterprise customers workloads and their ecosystems to harness the boundless possibilities of AI,” says Patrick Cyril, global vice president for technical sales and customer excellence – revenue operations at Oracle. “Together, we’re not just pioneering technology; we’re unlocking a future where every challenge is met with unparalleled innovation and every opportunity is maximised.”
“We’re delighted to build upon our relationship with Oracle and enable the next generation of hybrid and private AI adoption among enterprises,” according to Chris Sharp, chief technology officer of Digital Realty. “Together, we’re bringing the extensive capabilities of the cloud to enterprises’ private data sets through secure interconnection, unlocking new data-driven business outcomes.”
This collaboration between Digital Realty and Oracle signifies a significant step forward in advancing AI technologies. By combining their expertise and resources, these industry leaders are poised to revolutionise the AI landscape and empower enterprises to unlock the full potential of their data.
