Here’s How New Data Centers Can Usher In an AI-Driven Era
- By CDOTrends editors
- October 30, 2023
As industries worldwide increasingly lean on AI to enhance their operational capabilities, the need for a robust infrastructure to support this digital shift becomes paramount. Against this backdrop, a recent partnership offers a glimmer of the future, pointing towards a new wave of AI-driven industrial applications.
NVIDIA, known for its solutions in GPU computing, has unveiled its collaboration with Hon Hai Technology Group (popularly known as Foxconn). This partnership promises to develop a new breed of data centers to support various applications, including digitalizing manufacturing processes, AI-driven electric vehicle platforms, robotics systems, and language-based generative AI services.
During a candid discussion at Hon Hai Tech Day in Taipei, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang shared, “A new type of manufacturing has emerged—the production of intelligence. And the data centers that produce it are AI factories.” Emphasizing the significance of this collaboration, Foxconn chairman and chief executive officer Young Liu remarked, “Most importantly, NVIDIA and Foxconn are building these factories together. We will be helping the whole industry move much faster into the new AI era.”
These aren’t just any factories. They’re designed to process, refine, and transform vast datasets into valuable AI models and tokens. The backbone of this infrastructure is NVIDIA’s accelerated computing platform, featuring the latest NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper™ Superchip and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software.
Working hand in hand, Foxconn plans to equip its global customer base with systems powered by NVIDIA’s technology, enabling them to establish their AI factories. These systems promise to revolutionize generative AI services and fast-track the training of autonomous machines, from industrial robots to self-driving vehicles.
Moreover, Foxconn is considering the establishment of its AI factory. This facility would harness the potential of the NVIDIA Omniverse™ platform and other frameworks, aiming to meet the rigorous production and quality standards of the electronics sector. Such an AI factory can offer optimized workflows and the potential for significant operational efficiency gains.
On the automotive frontier, Foxconn is poised to offer various NVIDIA DRIVE™ solutions to global car manufacturers. As a key contract manufacturer, Foxconn envisions introducing AI-rich electric vehicles (EVs) packed with advanced sensor architectures, setting the stage for a new era of software-defined cars.
This collaboration between NVIDIA and Foxconn aims to represent a leap forward in the AI industrial revolution, signaling exciting times ahead for industries worldwide.
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