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At NVIDIA GTC, AMECA had a lot to say... and honestly, she made some great points 🤖

From AI factories to DDN HyperPOD to her favorite thing about DDN’s solutions, she covered it all.

Turns out even humanoids know that high-performance infrastructure, fast data, and fed GPUs are kind of a big deal.

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San Francisco, this one’s for you! 🫵

The AI Factory Tour is bringing hands-on AI infrastructure experiences on the road, and the next stop is San Francisco on April 7–8. 📍​

Here’s what to expect:​

🎤 Expert guidance from technical specialists​
🌎 Real-world demos that show how AI-ready data pipelines come together​
🤝 Meaningful conversations with peers and industry experts​
🔐 Hands-on stations where you can explore an AI factory environment across compute, power, cooling, and storage​
☕ Coffee from our robot barista while you explore​

Secure your spot today: https://t.co/z59mtbt0kz

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The GPUs may be the engines of AI factories, but the data layer decides whether they run at full speed or sit idle. 💪

Join DDN and NVIDIA at #NVIDIAGTC for a deep dive into the architecture powering next-generation AI infrastructure.

🎤 Unlocking Data at Scale for AI Factories with NVIDIA & DDN
🗓️ 9:00–9:40 AM

Hear from:
• James Coomer, SVP of Products, DDN
• Jacob Liberman, Director, Enterprise Product, NVIDIA

In this session, they’ll break down how data architecture built on the NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design drives GPU efficiency, reduces energy and cooling demands, and enables high-performance RAG and multi-modal AI workloads.

If you’re building or operating an AI factory, this conversation will highlight the design patterns, and pitfalls, that determine whether your AI infrastructure scales or stalls.

🎟️ Add this session to your GTC Schedule: https://t.co/Qi6ZGhwcZV

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Want to chat with a humanoid robot? Yes, really. 🤖​

Meet AMECA at Driving AI Breakthroughs, the joint AI Factory experience from DDN, Supermicro, and NVIDIA, debuting at #NVIDIAGTC 2026.​

Stop by the AI Factory on Wheels in GTC Park for a hands-on look at how real, turnkey AI infrastructure is built for GPU efficiency and measurable ROI.​

Complete a demo with DDN and our cloud partners — Vultr, QumulusAI, and Global AI — for a chance to take home a LEGO Smart Play Kit featuring Luke’s Red Five X-Wing.​

Book a 1:1 meeting now: https://t.co/WXI8ynmgSa

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India AI Impact Summit is in full swing ⚡

Join us for great conversations all day, from real-world enterprise AI use cases to what it really takes to operationalize AI at scale.

If you’re here, come say hi at Hall 5, Booth 5.13 and let’s talk AI infrastructure, data pipelines, and performance that keeps GPUs moving.

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We’re thrilled to welcome Bhaskar G Manickam as our new Director of Product Management at DDN! 👏

Bhaskar is a visionary leader with experience in building platform and product strategy that drives product-led growth by building AI-enabled cloud data platforms, services and predictive analytics that scale across ecosystems. At HPE, Bhaskar led global team that built business outcomes by turning data and AI into durable competitive advantage, new revenue streams and long-term enterprise growth for hybrid cloud.

At DDN, Bhaskar will help customers advance their AI initiative from pilot to production. A seasoned technology leader with more than 22+ years of experience across various roles and products, Bhaskar brings customer empathy unlocking growth, drive innovation and deliver lasting value.

Please join us in welcoming Bhaskar to the DDN team!

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From dialogue to demonstrable impact 🦾

This week, the India AI Impact Summit has brought together government, industry, startups, and researchers to turn AI ambition into real-world execution across compute, data pipelines, and AI Infrastructure. DDN’s Atul Vidwansa, took the stage to spotlight what it takes to power India’s Sovereign AI, alongside leaders from Yotta and NVIDIA in the session “Powering India’s Sovereign AI: Infrastructure at National Scale.”

It’s not too late to connect with the DDN team. Stop by Booth 5.13 to see how DDN and EXAScaler help accelerate sovereign AI outcomes and keep performance moving from pilot to national scale.

Swipe through some highlights of the last few days 📸

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Want to run tens of thousands of GPUs at 99% utilization across cloud, on prem, and edge?

On the InsideHPC Podcast, DDN's Paul Bloch breaks down why the real challenge is keeping GPUs fully fed with low-latency, parallel access to an AI Infrastructure data platform, not getting stuck behind traditional file access limitations. He also highlights the next layer: data intelligence like metadata, orchestration, and validation built into the platform.

Click to learn what it actually takes to keep massive GPU fleets running at full speed, and how data intelligence becomes the difference at scale: https://t.co/wNY9n8foy0

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Can real-time Voice AI feel truly conversational?

Laurent Thiers, VP, Sales at DDN, takes the stage on Nov 25, 4:00–4:15 PM at Mainstage South, TECH STAGE for “Scaling Real-Time Voice AI: Two Special Ingredients: Audio Expertise & High-Performance Storage.” In conversation with Neil Zeghidour, Co-Founder and Chief Modelling Officer at KYUTAI, they’ll unpack how deep audio expertise plus high-throughput AI Infrastructure enables synthesis, transcription, and translation to operate as one seamless flow.

Get the session details, add it to your agenda, and learn how DDN powers ultra-fast data pipelines for next-gen Voice Agents 🤝

Get the details: https://t.co/rhr0hZeIgc

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Not all multi-tenancy is created equal. 🚫

For years DDN has delivered robust multi-tenancy in EXAScaler, learning from the world’s most complex HPC and AI environments. That deep experience shaped the native multi-tenancy in Infinia — designed to provide true workload isolation, intelligent QoS, and consistent performance at scale.

In our recent Meet the Experts session, our engineers dissected what separates “marketing slides” from real multi-tenancy, and why native implementation is the only way to achieve predictable outcomes.

Get the full session here: https://t.co/eFY4uo9aWK

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Get a front row seat of HPC at scale—Lenovo, Intel, and DDN in action. 👇

DDN's Junaid Khalid recently connected with industry leaders and partners at Lenovo’s HPC & AI Infrastructure events in Johannesburg and Cape Town.

This event with Lenovo and Intel Corporation offered a deep dive into the future of accelerated computing — from Lenovo’s roadmap for HPC & AI at scale, Neptune water-cooling technologies, and the AI Factory, to innovations from Nokia Networks, Ansys, Rafay, and DDN’s own advancements in high-performance data storage.

Scroll through our favorite moments from the event ⬇️

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Get a front row seat of HPC at scale—Lenovo, Intel, and DDN in action. 👇

DDN's Junaid Khalid recently connected with industry leaders and partners at Lenovo’s HPC & AI Infrastructure events in Johannesburg and Cape Town.

This event with Lenovo and Intel Corporation offered a deep dive into the future of accelerated computing — from Lenovo’s roadmap for HPC & AI at scale, Neptune water-cooling technologies, and the AI Factory, to innovations from Nokia Networks, Ansys, Rafay, and DDN’s own advancements in high-performance data storage.

Scroll through our favorite moments from the event ⬇️

#HPC #AI #DataInfrastructure

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AI Infrastructure built for real-world impact

CINECA accelerates urgent computing with DDN, boosting throughput and enabling faster coastal impact forecasts on Leonardo.

Mirko Cestari, HPC and Cloud Technology Coordinator at CINECA highlights how DDN’s highly optimized AI Infrastructure drives maximum efficiency across every stage of AI and HPC workflow and why CINECA chose it.

Explore the benefits, system components, and practical takeaways for your environment. Learn more: https://t.co/vbBdsTEKyk

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AI is only as powerful as the data that fuels it, and that’s where DDN comes in.

We’re honored to be recognized by Blackstone in its “Investing Across the AI Value Chain” map as the foundation of the data storage layer, the engine room behind the AI revolution.

Everyone’s talking about GPUs, power, and networks. But here’s the truth: without a data platform built to keep pace, the entire AI factory slows down. That’s why the world’s most ambitious AI projects trust DDN to keep intelligence flowing—feeding massive training runs, delivering instant inference, and unlocking every ounce of GPU performance.

DDN was designed for this moment. From terabytes to exabytes, we deliver the throughput, consistency, and intelligence that modern AI infrastructure demands so that you can push boundaries, not bottlenecks.

If you’re building AI at scale, start with the layer that makes it all possible.

See how the leaders run AI at full speed with DDN. ⬇️

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🔥 DDN is on a winning streak — and breaking records while we’re at it.

This week’s newsletter is packed with big wins, innovations, and industry recognition that prove DDN is shaping the future of AI, HPC, and cloud.

Here’s what you’ll find inside:
🔹 Award wins from CRN and FMS
🔹 New MLPerf® Storage v2.0 performance records
🔹 Upcoming events and webinars you can't miss

If you care about accelerating AI, maximizing infrastructure performance, and seeing what’s next in data innovation, this is your must-read update ➡️ https://t.co/Or2L1Petxq

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