NetApp announced plans to snap up software-defined storage platform Peak:AIo, continuing its recent acquisition spree.

No financial details were disclosed, though the deal will see Peak:Alo's specialized metadata services integrated into NetApp’s flagship Ontap platform. NetApp said the acquisition will boost customer demand around AI infrastructure, providing users with means to share storage access.

“AI clouds need high-performance shared storage that can scale alongside growing GPU clusters while maintaining the resilience, security, and operational simplicity organizations depend on,” NetApp CEO George Kurian explained. “With Peak:AIo, we are delivering on our vision for a new generation of AI infrastructure that combines scalable metadata services with the proven foundation of Ontap to help customers maximize infrastructure efficiency and support AI at hyperscale cloud.”

U.K.-based Peak:AIo was founded in 2021 by Mark Klarzynski, a serial founder in the storage space with brands including Computer Design Group (CDG), ID7, and Konsie Technologies under his belt.

The likes of Pembroke VCT and Praetura Ventures backed the firm, which offers a flash-based data archiving solution and a software-defined storage platform providing the low latency and bandwidth needed to ensure GPU utilization.

Los Alamos National Laboratory and Carnegie Mellon University count among Peak:AIo customers, while in its home of the U.K., the country’s National Health Service and Ministry of Defense also use its offering, according to its website.

“What excites us most about joining NetApp is the opportunity to pair our culture of innovation with the reach, scale, and customer trust of a global leader,” Klarzynski said in a statement. “Together with NetApp, we have an opportunity to help shape that future and deliver technologies that make managing data at a massive scale both practical and accessible.”

The deal, subject to regulatory approval, is the latest in a growing line of acquisitions by NetApp, which ranked third in IDC’s recent quarterly enterprise storage tracker in terms of revenue. California-based DataPelago joined in July, with VMware disaster recovery and migration vendor JetStream Software snapped up a month later.