PacketFabric, a Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) provider, and Massed Compute, a provider of high-performance managed graphics processing unit (GPU) infrastructure, have announced what it calls the first operationalized integration of GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) and NaaS for enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) workloads. The companies say the combined offer is intended to simplify how customers deploy and scale AI by packaging on-demand GPU compute with on-demand connectivity as a single, production-ready platform.
The companies say customers will soon be able to discover, size, and order GPU resources through the PacketFabric portal, pairing Massed Compute’s on-demand GPU compute with PacketFabric’s high-performance, on-demand connectivity. The rollout is expected to start with an initial on-net deployment, with additional locations planned over time. PacketFabric also notes that customers will access the offering directly through the PacketFabric portal, with sales-assisted deployments available for enterprise use cases.
PacketFabric and Massed Compute position the integration around AI deployments that span clouds, data centers, and edge environments, where performance depends on both compute and data movement. The companies claim the joint approach “tightly coupl[es] high-performance GPUs with flexible, scalable networking” to reduce the operational overhead of sourcing GPUs and networking separately.
Through the joint offering, PacketFabric and Massed Compute say customers will be able to provision GPU compute and network connectivity on demand; reduce delays associated with manual network provisioning; move large datasets across clouds and data centers; and scale AI workloads without long-term lock-in. The companies say the platform targets AI, machine learning, and GPU-intensive work including model training, inference, data-heavy analytics, and hybrid AI architectures, with deployment options including on-demand GPU instances, managed clusters, and on-premises environments.
The companies also state that PacketFabric and Massed Compute are both portfolio companies of Digital Alpha.
Source: PacketFabric
