Japan's Rakuten Group is set to deploy Ampere hardware across its data centers. The company is expanding its partnership with Ampere Computing to reduce the power consumption of artificial intelligence (AI) computing.
Hironori Yoshida, executive officer and vice director of the cloud platform supervisory department at Rakuten Group, said: “As demand for compute increases with the adoption of AI, cloud operators need to look into platforms and solutions to realize more sustainable compute. We have been very encouraged by the results of our trials with Ampere and look forward to continuing our collaboration to realize energy-efficient, sustainable data centers.”
Sean Varley, chief evangelist and VP of Business Development at Ampere, added: “Rakuten and Ampere are collaborating to deliver scale-out services for internal workloads to reduce power usage and increase performance. As AI becomes a volume application, we will look into delivering compelling, cost-effective solutions together.”
