Nscale becomes first AI GPU cloud provider to use AMD's new Instinct MI300X accelerators

AMD has announced that Nscale is the world's first AMD technology-focused cloud provider, using the company's new Instinct MI300X AI accelerators.

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Nscale is a vertically integrated GPU cloud company spun out of Arkon Energy, with a 300MW data center and hosting business in the United States. Nscale is based in Northern Norway, with its N1 Glomfjord site featuring some of the cheapest renewable energy on the planet, making the N1 Glomfjord site one of the most cost-effective LLM and AI training hubs in the world.

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Some of the key benefits and features of the Nscale cloud:

• Vertical AI cloud: Nscale owns and operates the full AI stack from its modular data centers to its high-performance compute clusters, allowing it to optimize each layer of the stack for performance and cost efficiency.
• Built for sustainability: Located in Northern Norway, Nscale is powered by 100% renewable energy and leverages natural cooling solutions to deliver sustainable GPU compute services.
• Best-in-class economics: Nscale's vertical integration and low-cost renewable power enables it to deliver one of the most affordable GPU computing solutions on the market.
• Unrivaled user experience: Purpose-built for AI, Nscale streamlines the setup, configuration, and management of cloud-based supercomputing clusters to accelerate AI R&D.

Josh Payne Co-Founder and CEO of Nscale, said: "Over the coming years, AI will proliferate into every enterprise, product, and service, driving unprecedented demand for AI infrastructure. Nscale's mission is to democratise high-performance computing to unleash the potential of AI. Our 100% renewable AI Cloud Services platform is vertically integrated from the power connection to the cloud, providing sustainable, high-performance, and low-cost compute for Enterprises, Research Institutions and AI Startups alike. By combining cutting-edge technology from AMD with Norway's abundant, low-cost energy, we are offering a next-gen AI Cloud platform that is not only powerful but also sustainable and cost-effective".

Andrew Dieckmann, corporate vice president and general manager, AMD Instinct Business, said: "At AMD, we believe in the transformative power of AI and are excited to work with Nscale to deliver cloud instances of the AMD Instinct MI300X accelerator. Through Nscale's AI Cloud Services platform, the MI300X will deliver highly competitive Generative AI inferencing performance, leveraging the AMD ROCm open software ecosystem to enable a compelling TCO advantage to other market alternatives".