Cloudian teams with NVIDIA to enable sovereign AI

Object storage platform company Cloudian has announced a new integration with NVIDIA aimed at helping organisations in Australia and elsewhere deploy full-stack sovereign AI solutions within their national borders.

The Cloudian HyperScale AI Data Platform integrates NVIDIA computing, networking and AI enterprise software capabilities with Cloudian’s S3-compatible, on-premises data management tools. Built on NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs, the solution promises to be able to transform enterprise data stores into AI-ready resources, to enable organisations to deploy sovereign AI solutions that access unstructured enterprise data.

Key capabilities include S3 API compatibility, S3 RDMA for throughput of up to a terabyte per second in a single rack, and air-gapped deployment options for classified environments.

The collaboration has been welcomed by Australian partner and AI factory company ResetData. The company’s head of sales Christopher Sassone said the solution will help meet sovereign data governance requirements.

“Australia’s Privacy Act and upcoming AI governance regulations require us to keep both training data and AI models within Australian borders,” he said. “We understand that sovereignty is essential to trust, and our technology partners provide the performance we need to meet strict data sovereignty requirements. We deliver AI-as-a-Service that customers trust to remain compliant with Australian law.”

Cloudian CEO Michael Tso added that sovereign AI initiatives are accelerating globally, with government agencies and companies from regulated industries partnering with Cloudian to build AI infrastructure that maintains the sovereignty controls required for sensitive applications.

“Sovereign AI represents the next evolution of AI deployment, where organisations can harness the full power of artificial intelligence without compromising data control or regulatory compliance,” he said. “Our HyperScale AI Data Platform enables organisations to deploy complete sovereign AI infrastructure that transforms institutional knowledge into actionable intelligence while maintaining absolute control over their most valuable asset — their data.”

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