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Cisco and SharonAI Holdings Inc., along with its subsidiaries (Sharon AI), have launched Australia’s first Cisco Secure AI Factory in partnership with NVIDIA. This groundbreaking initiative delivers secure, scalable, and high-performance sovereign AI infrastructure, ensuring all data processing and AI workloads remain entirely within Australia to uphold data sovereignty.
At the core of the Cisco Secure AI Factory is a powerful combination of technologies designed for demanding AI workloads. Cisco’s UCS servers deliver accelerated AI performance, complemented by the company’s comprehensive security and networking portfolio. Nexus Hyperfabric serves as the unified management plane, streamlining operations across the infrastructure.
The factory is equipped with 1024 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs, providing breakthrough performance and flexibility for complex AI and machine learning tasks. This massive GPU deployment enables enterprises to tackle sophisticated workloads with unprecedented speed and efficiency.
VAST Data supplies cutting-edge storage systems that ensure fast, reliable, and scalable data access critical for AI training and inference. Hosting takes place in NEXTDC’s world-class Australian data centers, guaranteeing resilient, sovereign infrastructure that meets stringent compliance and security requirements.
This collaboration directly supports Australia’s National AI Plan by fostering an AI-enabled economy through secure national digital infrastructure. Enterprises and governments can now harness their data to drive innovation, gain competitive advantages, and build trustworthy AI ecosystems without compromising sovereignty or privacy.
The launch positions Australia as a leader in responsible and sovereign AI development in the Asia-Pacific. It empowers organizations to experiment, deploy, and scale advanced AI solutions safely, paving the way for broader adoption and future expansions, including additional clusters planned for 2026 and beyond.
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About Sharon AI
SharonAI Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Sharon AI”), Australia’s leading Neocloud, is a High-Performance Computing company focused on Artificial Intelligence and Cloud GPU Compute Infrastructure. Our cloud GPU platform and compute infrastructure is accelerating the build of AI factories and sovereign AI solutions, powering the next wave of accelerated computing adoption.
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