Thai operator Superior Information Service (AIS) has introduced its readiness to supply GPU-as-a-Service to company shoppers. This service is made attainable via a partnership with Singtel and Bridge Alliance, which has over 34 members globally. The collaboration consists of telecom operators in Malaysia and Indonesia, specifically Maxis and Telkomsel. This initiative makes AIS the primary supplier within the area to supply such providers, enhancing the capability of enterprises to successfully harness AI know-how. This announcement follows Singtel’s February declaration about launching its GPUaaS later this 12 months, AIS stated.
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Enlargement Plans and Regional Adoption
Powered by Nvidia’s AI computing know-how, the service permits enterprises to deploy AI purposes rapidly and cost-effectively, assembly the rising demand for AI processing throughout the area. Maxis in Malaysia and Telkomsel in Indonesia are among the many first to undertake this service.
As a part of the settlement, Bridge Alliance member operators (BMOs) will acquire entry to GPUaaS choices from Singtel. As GPU wants broaden in these international locations, extra GPU clusters will probably be launched to speed up and scale companies. Bridge Alliance will help BMOs in fast-tracking their go-to-market methods and successfully drive the success of GPUaaS choices for enterprises, the official launch stated.
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AIS stated, “Offering AI with a cloud ‘GPU-as-a-Service’ mannequin will allow enterprises to embrace the know-how effectively and scalably. AIS strongly believes that the GPUaaS offered by Singtel and Bridge Alliance, mixed with AIS’s capabilities, will co-create sustainable digital financial worth for companies in Thailand.”
Maxis added, “We stay up for being the primary telco to carry GPUaaS to companies right here in Malaysia.”
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NVIDIA Expertise Powers New Service
At launch, Singtel’s GPUaaS service will initially be powered by Nvidia H100 Tensor Core GPU clusters, with plans to broaden to Nvidia’s GB200 AI Servers. The service will prolong to run in new sustainable, hyper-connected, AI-ready knowledge facilities by Nxera, Singtel’s regional knowledge heart enterprise, throughout Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia when operations start from mid-2025 onwards.
