HPE and AMD announce Helios AI rack with Ethernet network

HPE and AMD announce Helios AI rack with Ethernet network

By Coen van Eenbergen
Publication Date: 2025-12-02 14:26:00

HPE has announced the AMD “Helios” AI rack-scale solution, a complete rack for large-scale AI training and inference. This new AI rack features 72 AMD Instinct MI455X GPUs, 260 terabytes of bandwidth, and 2.9 exaflops of FP4 performance AI. HPE is also committed to open standards and this is the first AI rack to use an Ethernet network. The new AI solution will be available worldwide in 2026.

HPE and AMD are joining forces to create an AI infrastructure that will enable large-scale inference. The new rack combines hardware, software and network capacity in a single system. Antonio Neri, CEO of HPE, emphasizes the importance of open standards: “With the introduction of AMD’s new ‘Helios’ and our purpose-built HPE Scaling Network Solution, we are providing our cloud service provider customers with faster deployments, greater flexibility and lower risk in how they scale AI computing across their businesses.”

The collaboration between HPE…