Cloud provider Vultr has chosen Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to supply the hardware behind a major push into artificial intelligence and data center expansion, according to multiple trade reports.
According to The Fast Mode, Vultr selected HPE specifically for AI infrastructure and data center expansion. AiThority frames the same deal more broadly, reporting that Vultr selected both HPE and NVIDIA for what it calls next-generation AI infrastructure built for cloud-scale data centers.
The combination is notable because it pairs three recognizable names in the AI buildout. HPE is a long-established enterprise hardware vendor, NVIDIA supplies the chips that have become the default engine for AI workloads, and Vultr is a cloud company positioning itself to rent that computing power to customers.
The available reporting is light on specifics. Neither source, as summarized, attaches a dollar figure, a timeline, or a list of locations to the expansion, so the scale and pace of Vultr's plans remain unstated here. What both reports agree on is the direction: Vultr is leaning on HPE-supplied systems, and at least according to AiThority, NVIDIA technology, to grow its data center footprint for AI.
Why it matters: demand for AI computing has set off a race among cloud providers to lock in hardware and build out data centers, and a smaller player like Vultr partnering with HPE and NVIDIA shows that race extends well beyond the largest hyperscalers.