By Anwesha Pattanaik
Publication Date: 2026-08-12 10:46:00
IBM has struck a multi-year agreement worth $240m with Together AI, under which the technology group will build a large cluster of Nvidia HGX B300 systems on IBM Cloud for open-source model inference.
The cluster is expected to become available in the first quarter of 2027.
IBM said it would be the first dedicated, large-scale cluster designed for inference on IBM Cloud using HGX B300 systems, linked by Nvidia Spectrum-X Ethernet networking.
Nvidia claims that the configuration is built to deliver 30 times more AI factory output than earlier generations.
IBM Cloud general manager Alan Peacock said: “Enterprises are in a race to adopt agentic AI at scale to drive real business outcomes. IBM and Nvidia are delivering scalable, economical, enterprise-grade AI infrastructure that can help Together AI accelerate innovation for the next generation of AI infrastructure.”
Together AI, which will operate inference workloads on the…