Intel and Google deepen their collaboration to advance AI infrastructure with Xeon CPUs and custom IPUs

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS:

• Intel® Xeon® processors continue to support Google Cloud infrastructure for AI, inference, and general workloads

• Expanded collaborative development of custom ASIC-based infrastructure processing units (IPUs) to improve efficiency, utilization and performance at scale

• Collaboration strengthens the central role of CPUs and IPUs in modern, heterogeneous AI systems

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 9, 2026– (BUSINESS WIRE) – Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) and Google today announced a multi-year collaboration to advance the next generation of AI and cloud infrastructure and strengthen the critical role of CPUs and custom infrastructure processing units (IPUs) in scaling modern, heterogeneous AI systems.

As AI adoption increases, infrastructure becomes more complex and heterogeneous, leading to increasing reliance on CPUs for orchestration, data processing, and system-level performance. Through this collaboration, Intel and Google will join forces in all areas.