UK’s Nscaleโ to Provide Microsoft with 200,000 Nvidia AI Chips
LONDON, โขOctober 26, 2023 -โค microsoft has contracted UK-based โคinfrastructure provider Nscale to supply 200,000 Nvidia H100 Tensor Core GPUs, critical components for powering artificial โintelligence workloads. โคTheโ multi-million โคpound dealโ underscores the โคgrowing demand for AI processing power and positions Nscale as a โฃkeyโ player in the rapidly โขexpanding AI hardware supply chain.
This agreement arrives asโ microsoft accelerates its investment in AI, โnotably through its partnership with OpenAIโข and the integration of AI capabilities across โits product suite. The substantial chip order will bolster Microsoft’s capacity to meet surging demand for AIโ services from customers globally, โwhile โconcurrently supporting theโ UK’s ambition to become an AI superpower.โ Nscaleโข will manage the entire lifecycle of the GPUs, from procurement and integration to deployment and maintenance, offering Microsoft a streamlined solution forโข scaling โฃitsโฃ AI infrastructure.
Nscale,โ founded โin 2019,โค specializes in providing high-performance computing infrastructure for AI โขand machine learning applications. The company secured โขa ยฃ14.5 million funding round in July 2023 to expand โฃits operations and meet growing โขcustomerโ demand. Theโค Nvidiaโ H100 GPUs are currently among the most advanced AI chips available, offering notable performance gainsโ over previous generations and are vital for training โขand deploying large language modelsโค and other complex AI โapplications.
The chips will โbe delivered throughout 2024 and 2025,โ according to Nscale, and will be utilized within Microsoft’s global network of datacenters. This partnership โhighlights the increasing reliance on specialized infrastructure providers to navigate the complexities of sourcing and managing cutting-edge AI โฃhardware.
“Thisโ is aโ landmarkโค deal forโฃ Nscale and a testament to the UK’s growing โคstrength inโ the AI sector,” said Alex Fitzgerald, Nscale’s Chief โคExecutive Officer, in a statement.โ “We are proud to be partnering with Microsoft to deliver the infrastructure โขneeded to power the nextโ generation of AI innovation.”
Microsoft โdid not promptly respond to requests for comment.
