DDN has integrated the NVIDIA Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Platform reference design with DDN EXAScaler and Infinia 2.0 as part of its AI Data Intelligence Platform. This move aims to enhance the infrastructure necessary for enterprises to deploy and scale AI applications efficiently. The integration includes support for NVIDIA Blackwell-based infrastructure, encompassing NVIDIA DGX and HGX systems, to meet the demands of modern AI workloads.

Sven Oehme, CTO of DDN, highlighted that as AI technology progresses, the need for efficient data handling for inference has escalated. The partnership with NVIDIA focuses on delivering infrastructure that allows organizations to deploy AI workloads with improved performance and efficiency.

Charlie Boyle, vice president at NVIDIA, pointed out that enterprises require robust infrastructure capable of managing complex AI reasoning tasks. DDN’s certified storage solutions will allow users to exploit their data effectively for advanced AI applications.

The goal of DDN’s AI Data Intelligence Platform is to optimize performance and scalability, leveraging NVIDIA’s computing capabilities. DDN aims to remove bottlenecks and streamline AI data pipelines to facilitate near real-time inferencing.

Additionally, DDN has achieved NVIDIA-Certified Enterprise Storage designation, ensuring that its storage solutions meet stringent standards for performance and efficiency, critical to supporting complex AI workloads.

Through collaborations with cloud partners and system providers, DDN continues to focus on developing AI data intelligence technologies, enhancing integration and performance across multiple platforms for various enterprise applications.