Expanding their partnership to boost global AI development, Vultr and AMD aim to deliver broader access to high performance computing.
Vultr announced a major expansion of its collaboration with AMD to accelerate global AI workloads, unveiling plans for a new AI supercluster powered by AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs at its Springfield, Ohio cloud data center. The deployment is part of a 50 megawatt buildout that the company says will deliver strong performance per dollar for AI training and inference.
The privately held cloud provider was among the first to adopt AMD Instinct MI325X and MI355X GPUs. Its latest investment adds 24,000 MI355X units to the Springfield campus, underscoring a deepening partnership aimed at delivering high performance and energy efficient AI infrastructure worldwide. Vultr also plans to integrate next generation AMD Instinct MI450 series GPUs and the Helios rack scale architecture in future expansions.
J. J. Kardwell, Vultr chief executive, said rising demand for AI compute is driving the company to scale hyperscale capacity rapidly, enabling enterprises to advance new AI applications. Andrew Dieckmann, corporate vice president and general manager of AMD’s Data Center GPU Business Unit, said the collaboration demonstrates how joint investments can deliver large scale compute for the most intensive workloads.
The partnership spans the full stack, including AMD EPYC 4005 Series processors and Vultr’s VX1 Cloud Compute offering. Supported by state and local partners including the Ohio Governor’s Office and JobsOhio, the Springfield facility is Vultr’s first cloud data centre in Ohio, expanding its presence in the Midwest and contributing to the state’s growing role as a hub for AI and digital infrastructure.
