The Kyndryl Vital AI Lab will use Kyndryl Bridge to support end-to-end AI applications on the Nvidia AI enterprise software platform.
IBM IT services spinoff Kyndryl has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) private cloud in Japan.
Developed in collaboration with Dell Technologies and using Dell AI Factory with Nvidia chips, the AI cloud – dubbed Kyndryl Vital AI Lab – is aimed at helping financial institutions, insurance providers, manufacturers, retail companies, and academics to deploy AI-powered solutions.
The Kyndryl Vital AI Lab will use Kyndryl Bridge to support end-to-end AI applications on the Nvidia AI enterprise software platform.
“Organisations want to explore and understand how AI and generative AI can enhance and accelerate their business and technology transformation initiatives. They need a reliable and scalable environment with advanced security capabilities where they can develop, test, and refine new solutions,” said Jonathan Ingram, President of Kyndryl Japan.
“Our new AI private cloud with the Dell AI Factory with Nvidia will provide a stable and trusted space where customers and Japanese academic institutions can confidently and privately design new applications and solutions, with support for their security, sovereignty, and data residency requirements.”
Dell Technologies describes its AI Factory with Nvidia as a “portfolio of products, solutions, and services tailored for AI workloads—from desktop to data centre to cloud.”
The company expanded its Dell AI Factory with Nvidia in May 2024, announcing the Dell PowerEdge XE9680L servers which will support eight Nvidia Blackwell GPUs in a smaller 4U form factor.
Kyndryl did not state which data centre the private cloud will be hosted in.
A release from Nvidia about Kyndryl AI cloud offering notes similar partnerships with other consulting companies, including Accenture, Deloitte, EY Strategy and Consulting Co., Ltd. (or EY Japan), FPT, and Tata Consultancy Services Japan (TCS Japan), and states that the companies are all working together to establish “innovation centres” in Japan which will be located in the Tokyo and Kansai metropolitan areas.
