Nikolas Sargeant
io.net, a leading provider of decentralized computing technology, announced on Monday, May 13th, that it has expanded its GPU infrastructure thanks to its partnership with Aethir, a leading enterprise-grade AI-focused GPU-as-a-service provider.
The partnership is part of io.net’s efforts to enhance blockchain and AI compute capabilities. In a press release shared with Cryptowisser, io.net said the first phase of the rollout saw it integrate over 300 NVIDIA H100 GPUs from Aethir onto its fast-growing network.
Aethir and IO will be deploying a total of 1,000 H100 GPUs before the end of May. this deployment will triple all available H100s combined from competitors in Web3, such as Akash, and significantly boost computational power for its users.
Io.net explained that NVIDIA H100 GPUs are designed to manage intensive tasks such as AI training and large-scale computational simulations with enhanced efficiency and speed. The integration of these GPUs strengthens io.net’s service offerings and also cements its position in the highly competitive landscape of decentralized computing networks.
While commenting on this latest development, Ahmad Shadid, CEO of io.net, said
“This expansion represents an important leap forward for io.net as we continue to advance the field of decentralized computing. The additional GPU capacity will enable our growing user base – which includes a considerable number of machine learning engineers – to tackle more complex and demanding computational tasks, aligning with our commitment to continuous innovation and unrivaled UX.”
io.net and Aethir began their partnership in April. The pair boast a collective 640,000 GPUs and are working towards democratizing and decentralizing AI infrastructure while making supercomputing power more economically viable and locally accessible.
Aethir CEO Daniel Wang, also commented that,
“The ever-evolving field of AI demands ever-increasing raw GPU power to fuel its groundbreaking advancements. “With Aethir’s supply of NVIDIA H100s, we empower AI and machine learning enterprises to launch and operate groundbreaking AI platforms. With our GPUs and IO’s innovative clustering solution, this collaboration unleashes a GPU cloud computing powerhouse. This isn’t just about powering today’s AI products; it’s about enabling developers and enterprises to efficiently scale and launch the AI solutions of tomorrow.”
The partnership combines io.net’s extensive decentralized computing infrastructure with Aethir’s advanced GPU resources, including over 4,000 state-of-the-art NVIDIA H100 GPUs.
io.net is a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) that deploys and manages on-demand, decentralized GPU clusters from geo-distributed sources. Hundreds of thousands of GPUs are accessible today in IO Network, and this Internet of GPUs is specifically architected for low latency, high processing demand use cases like AI/ML ops and cloud gaming.
Meanwhile, Aethir is the only Enterprise-grade AI-focused GPU-as-a-service provider in the market. Its decentralized cloud computing infrastructure allows GPU providers to meet Enterprise clients who need powerful GPU chips for professional AI/ML tasks.
