Lenovo has announced its role in delivering a 1,000-GPU NVIDIA B200 cluster for leading Australian Neocloud Sharon AI, at NEXTDC\u2019s Tier IV M3 data centre in Melbourne. This is Lenovo\u2019s largest-ever TruScale Infrastructure as a Service engagement, marking a significant step in the expansion of sovereign AI infrastructure in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The expected deployment of the 1000-GPU cluster will provide Australian and wider APAC enterprises, government organisations and research institutions access to world-class accelerated computing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAustralia is well poised to be a global leader in AI and Lenovo is proud to be enabling this next phase of sovereign AI capability,\u201d said Sumir Bhatia, President, Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group, Asia Pacific. \u201cBy expanding our relationship with Sharon AI, we\u2019re helping Australian organisations access cutting-edge AI compute on their own terms, securely and at scale.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
James Manning, CEO & Co-founder, Sharon AI, added: \u201cThis deployment marks a major milestone for sovereign AI capability in Australia. In partnership with Lenovo, we are bringing one of the region\u2019s most advanced NVIDIA Blackwell GPU clusters online in Melbourne, giving Australian enterprises, government and researchers access to world-class AI infrastructure on home soil. Beyond scale, this is about national capability, data sovereignty and accelerating innovation locally, while positioning Australia as a serious contender in the global AI economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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