Managed Lustre will Help Accelerate AI and HPC Innovation at Scale

LAS VEGAS: #AI--Today at Google Cloud Next 2025, DDN, the global leader in AI and data intelligence solutions, announced it is working with Google Cloud to transform AI-powered infrastructure with Google Cloud Managed Lustre based on DDN’s EXASCaler... Accessible for Google Cloud customers, this solution features a persistent parallel file system as a key differentiator, delivering speed, scalability, and efficiency for enterprises and startups building AI, GenAI, and HPC applications, while enabling customers to harness the large breadth of Google Cloud services.

This powerful combination delivers unmatched speed, scalability, and efficiency for enterprises and startups building AI, GenAI, and HPC-driven applications.

Breakthrough for AI and HPC Workloads

AI and HPC workloads demand fast, reliable data access that traditional storage struggles to provide. Google Cloud Managed Lustre based on DDN’s EXASCaler addresses this with a persistent parallel file system, ensuring continuous high-performance data flow. Key advantages include:

• Superior Performance: Up to 1 TB/s throughput drives peak efficiency for AI training and inference.
• Business Impact: Faster time-to-insight, reduced costs, and streamlined data management.
• Effortless Scalability: Scales from terabytes to petabytes for enterprises and GenAI innovators.

For Enterprises: Unleashing AI Potential

Enterprises tackling AI at scale benefit from:

• Proven Data Management: Persistent access, proven in top supercomputing environments.
• Seamless Integration: Connects with the full breadth of Google Cloud services—Compute Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Cloud Storage, and more—eliminating bottlenecks.
• Accelerated Insights: Speeds up data pipelines for training, deployment, and innovation, exceeding SLAs.
• Broad Accessibility: Brings supercomputing-class storage and compute to businesses of all sizes.

For GenAI Startups: Scale Without Constraints

If you're a GenAI startup, DDN for Google Cloud means:

• Fast Model Development: Persistent parallel performance accelerates LLM training and tuning.
• Instant Deployment: Accessible via the Google Cloud console for rapid cloud adoption.
• Real-Time Inference: Ensures low-latency data access for GenAI applications.

Cost-Effective AI Training

• Maximized GPU Efficiency: Persistent data flow eliminates idle compute time.
• Reduced Costs: Optimizes cloud-based training with scalable pricing.
• Lifecycle Optimization: Keeps data AI-ready from pretraining to inference.

Mission-Critical Reliability

• 99.999% Uptime: Supports LLMs, RAG, and analytics.
• Google Cloud Ecosystem: Integrates seamlessly across Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Storage, and beyond.
• Fully Managed: Frees teams to innovate, not manage infrastructure.

A New Era of AI Storage and Intelligence

"This partnership between DDN and Google Cloud is a seismic shift in AI and HPC infrastructure—rewriting the rules of performance, scale, and efficiency," said Alex Bouzari, Co-Founder and CEO of DDN. "By fusing our industry-leading EXAScaler and Infinia with Google Cloud’s global reach and cutting-edge compute power, we’re not just accelerating AI—we’re unleashing an entirely new era of AI innovation at an unprecedented scale. This is the future, and it’s happening now."

"As a leader in AI infrastructure, this partnership marks a defining milestone in our hyperscaler strategy for DDN,” said Santosh Erram, VP of AI Partnerships at DDN. “By uniting DDN’s enterprise-grade performance with the global scalability of Google Cloud, we’re breaking down the barriers between on-premises precision and cloud agility. Hyperscaler customers can now extend their AI workloads to the Cloud effortlessly—without compromising on speed, scale, or reliability. This collaboration accelerates time-to-insight and redefines what’s possible for AI innovation in the cloud."

A New Era of AI Storage and Data Intelligence

With Managed Lustre for Google Cloud and DDN Infinia, customers now have access to complete, scalable, and high-performance AI data infrastructure. Whether you're building large language models (LLMs), scaling generative AI, or enabling autonomous intelligence, DDN and Google Cloud provide the foundation for success—delivering unmatched speed, efficiency, and scalability for the most demanding AI and HPC workloads.

Experience It Live at Google Cloud Next 2025

• Visit the Google Cloud booth for demos of Managed Lustre
• Attend Session BRK2-025 to discover the future of AI data.

For inquiries or to discuss custom AI deployments, contact gcp@ddn.com or visit www.ddn.com/partners/googlecloud/.

About DDN

DDN is the world’s leading AI and data intelligence company, empowering organizations to maximize the value of their data with end-to-end HPC and AI-focused solutions. Its customers range from the largest global enterprises and AI hyperscalers to cutting-edge research centers, all leveraging DDN’s proven data intelligence platform for scalable, secure, and high-performance AI deployments that drive 10x returns.

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Fonte: Business Wire