By Rahim Amir
Publication Date: 2026-09-22 22:15:00
- Reports claim Apple is weighing an as-yet-unapproved enterprise AI server with two or four M8 Ultra chips, targeting 2029
- Apple is considering using Nvidia’s NVLink Fusion to link the chips, with Thunderbolt-based Mac clustering falling short of data center bandwidth requirements
- The move comes as demand continues to be a key driver for Apple’s higher-end Macs, with AI firms buying Mac minis and Mac Studios in bulk, even as Apple has turned enterprise buyers away
Apple has been working on plans for an enterprise AI server built on its own silicon with an interesting twist: it is seeking Nvidia‘s help on the networking front to make it work.
A report by The Information claims Apple is considering two configurations: one with two of its future M8 Ultra chips and a larger one with four, aimed at businesses that want to run AI inference on their own hardware rather than in a public cloud.
The timeline, however, is long and loose, with a potential launch in 2029, though the same report cautions that the project could be canceled before then, with neither the server nor any Nvidia arrangement finalized at the time of writing.
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