United States: AI cloud provider Nscale acquires data center company Kontena

GPU-based artificial intelligence (AI) cloud provider Nscale has acquired Kontena, a high-density modular data center and AI data center solutions provider to contribute to the infrastructure backbone for its GPU cloud.  Following this acquisition, Nscale will be able to deploy Kontena's modular data centers at its 100 percent renewable energy-powered sites located in Norway and the US. 
 

Jef Laurijssen, CEO of Kontena, said: “Joining forces with Nscale provides us with an incredible opportunity to accelerate the development and deployment of cutting-edge Generative AI Data Center solutions. Our combined expertise will enable us to deliver unparalleled value to our customers in the AI and HPC markets.”

Joshua Payne, CEO of Nscale, said: “The acquisition of Kontena allows Nscale to design, build, and deploy bespoke GPU clusters at scale for global Generative AI customers more quickly and more cost-effectively than the competition. Building Kontena into the Nscale value chain will allow us to deliver bespoke GPU superclusters and data center builds for our large supercluster and hyperscale customers across Nscale’s 500MW of greenfield data center capacity."