DDN and Nebius Collaborate to Power Next-Gen AI Infrastructure for Enterprise Adoption
By integrating DDN Infinia and EXAScaler into Nebius AI cloud
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on May 1, 2025 at 2:01 pmDDN (DataDirect Networks Inc.) has partnered with Nebius B.V., advanced AI cloud providers, to deliver performance, scalability, and efficiency for enterprise AI workloads.
By integrating DDN Infinia and EXAScaler into its AI cloud, Nebius is setting a new industry benchmark – offering enterprises an end-to-end, high-performance solution tailored to the demands of next-gen AI.
Powering Future of AI with End-to-End AI Cloud
As an elite AI cloud provider, Nebius is building some of the world’s most highly performant infrastructure to power AI innovation. Recognizing the increasing demand for ultra-fast, scalable AI infrastructure, Nebius sought out a best-in-class data intelligence platform to empower enterprises in training, inferencing, and real-time AI applications. DDN emerged as a clear choice, providing a dual-stack solution – Infinia for high-performance data orchestration and EXAScaler for extreme parallel file system performance – capable of delivering maximum efficiency at scale.
Why Nebius Chose DDN Infinia and EXAScaler
DDN’s AI-native, high-performance data architecture now powers Nebius AI Cloud, providing enterprises with:
- AI-Optimized, SLA-Driven Performance – Infinia guarantees reliability and speed, accelerating AI model training and deployment while EXAScaler delivers data throughput and I/O consistency.
- Seamless Scaling Across Cloud and On-Prem Environments – Businesses can instantly scale workloads across Nebius’ AI cloud, hybrid setups, and air-gapped systems without bottlenecks using EXAScaler’s parallel file system.
- Ultra-Fast Data Processing for AI at Scale – Infinia and EXAScaler eliminate data latency challenges, ensuring AI pipelines operate at peak efficiency – even for multi-trillion-parameter models.
- Enterprise-Ready AI Infrastructure – With DDN and Nebius, enterprises can deploy AI workloads faster, more efficiently, and at a lower cost than ever before.
Bold Vision for Future of AI
“To lead in AI, enterprises require infrastructure that delivers breakthrough speed, scalability, and seamless integration,” said Paul Bloch, president and co-founder, DDN. “By partnering with Nebius, we’re breaking down traditional barriers to AI adoption and delivering a next-generation cloud platform that transforms how AI is built and scaled worldwide.”
“Our mission is to provide cutting-edge AI cloud infrastructure that enables innovation worldwide at speed and scale,” said Arkady Volozh, CEO, Nebius. “With DDN, we’re able to help enterprises do this seamlessly and efficiently.”
Together, Nebius and DDN are redefining enterprise AI, delivering the fastest, most scalable AI cloud infrastructure available today – empowering businesses to lead in the AI era.