With AMD-powered GPU expansion, Vultr’s new Ohio supercluster eyes greater scale and sharper performance for demanding workloads.
US’s Vultr has announced plans to expand its collaboration with AMD, including a new AI supercluster built on AMD Instinct graphics processing units (GPUs). It will be built at its forthcoming data centre site in Springfield, Ohio.
According to the company, the move will enable the US-based cloud provider to scale high-performance AI capacity across global markets. Vultr will deploy an additional 24,000 AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs as part of a 50-megawatt expansion at the new campus.
The company said the cluster will offer strong performance per dollar for both AI training and inference, supporting customers running increasingly complex workloads.
Vultr has been an early adopter of AMD’s Instinct MI325X and MI355X accelerators. The latest deployment includes future integration of the next-generation Instinct MI450 series and AMD’s Helios rack-scale infrastructure. The company said these technologies will help customers accelerate the development of next-generation AI applications.
The companies’ partnership extends across multiple layers of infrastructure, including AMD EPYC 4005 Series processors and the Vultr VX1 cloud compute platform.
Vultr chief executive J.J. Kardwell said the rapid rise in demand for GPU capacity requires cloud providers to scale quickly and globally.
“By investing in the development of racked GPU capacity at scale, we are enabling enterprises to push the boundaries of what is possible with AI and bring next-generation applications to market faster,” he said.
AMD also emphasised the importance of collaboration. Andrew Dieckmann, corporate vice-president and general manager of AMD’s Data Centre GPU Business Unit, said the partnership shows how joint investment can deliver efficient, large-scale AI compute for demanding use cases.
The companies stated that the Springfield development is supported by state and regional economic bodies, including Ohio’s Department of Development, JobsOhio, the Dayton Development Coalition, the Greater Springfield Partnership and the City of Springfield. It marks Vultr’s first data centre in Ohio.
