Massed Compute Secures Up to $300M Investment from Digital Alpha, Expands AI Infrastructure with Cisco Partnership.

Massed Compute, a leading provider of GPU-as-a-Service for AI and HPC workloads, has partnered with Digital Alpha for up to $300m in investment and a strategic collaboration with Cisco. This partnership will enable Massed Compute to expand its AI cloud infrastructure, support customer demand for NVIDIA accelerated computing, and deepen its go-to-market alignment with Cisco. The partnership will accelerate customer onboarding, expand infrastructure for enterprise AI deployments, and push the boundaries of modern AI-native cloud.

Massed Compute, a leading provider of GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads, has entered into a strategic partnership with Digital Alpha, a digital infrastructure investment firm. The partnership includes an investment of up to $300 million from Digital Alpha, as well as a strategic collaboration with Cisco, a global technology leader. This collaboration will enable Massed Compute to significantly expand its AI cloud infrastructure, support customer demand for NVIDIA accelerated computing, and deepen its go-to-market alignment with Cisco.

The partnership is expected to catalyze several growth initiatives for Massed Compute. These include expanded AI infrastructure deployments to support growing customer demand for next-generation NVIDIA accelerated computing, including instances with NVIDIA Hopper GPUs, NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition, NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, and NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs. Additionally, the partnership will enable pay-as-you-go and contracted access to high-performance GPU compute capacity, meeting the growing needs of generative AI and machine learning customers.

Massed Compute will leverage Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS) solutions to build a secure AI factory, unlocking the ability to offer enterprise customers managed cloud AI solutions and accelerate the development of sovereign AI Clouds. The collaboration will also involve network and storage integration, with PacketFabric for Network-as-a-Service provisioning and Cloudian for AI-optimized storage.

Kevin Wollenweber, SVP and GM, Data Center and Internet Infrastructure, Cisco, stated, "Massed Compute is strongly positioned to meet growing demand from enterprises, data scientists, and Machine Learning engineers through their managed AI cloud solutions." The partnership provides an industry-leading model that enables the next generation of cloud infrastructure required for the largest and most sophisticated AI workloads.

Sunny Smith, Co-Founder and President of Massed Compute, commented, "This partnership with Digital Alpha and collaboration with Cisco unlocks the scale and momentum we need to accelerate customer onboarding and expand our infrastructure for enterprise AI deployments worldwide. We’re now positioned to move faster, support larger-scale rollouts, and push the boundaries of the modern AI-native cloud."

The partnership is a significant step forward for Massed Compute, positioning it to meet the increasing demand for AI and HPC workloads. The company's ability to leverage Cisco’s expertise in secure, scalable, and high-performance computing for AI will be a critical factor in its success.

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[2] https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250812039028/en/Massed-Compute-Accelerates-AI-Infrastructure-Expansion-with-up-to-%24300M-Investment-from-Digital-Alpha-and-Strategic-Collaboration-with-Cisco