AI Development
IBM and Together AI sign $240 million multi-year deal for Nvidia-powered AI inference cluster
Editorial Analysis
IBM and Together AI signed a $240 million multi-year agreement to build a large-scale AI cluster on IBM Cloud using Nvidia HGX B300 systems (Blackwell processors) and Spectrum-X Ethernet networking. The cluster is intended to provide inference capacity for open-source AI models, reflecting rising demand for compute to run open models as enterprises seek lower costs and respond to cybersecurity concerns around closed frontier systems.
At a Glance
Date
August 11, 2026
Importance
Medium
3/5
Category
Infrastructure
Axis of Change
Compute Scale
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