CONVERGE ICT Solutions Inc. has partnered with US-based Supermicro Computer Inc. to jointly establish artificial intelligence (AI) powered green data centers in the Philippines.
Under the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by the two firms, Supermicro will develop Total IT Rack-scale liquid-cooled solutions, leveraging advanced NVIDIA Graphic Processing Units for the upcoming data centers of Converge.
“We are thrilled to be in close collaboration with Supermicro in establishing the first cutting-edge, AI-ready data centers in the country. Aside from being energy saving with its liquid cooling technology, Supermicro’s servers provide exceptional AI computing capabilities and intensive deep learning tasks that will allow us to support and deploy many AI applications,” Dennis Anthony Uy, Converge chief executive officer and co-founder, said in a statement.
This year, Converge plans to start constructing three data centers located in Pampanga, Laguna and Caloocan. Through the collaboration, all three data centers will be constructed according to Supermicro’s future-ready design and input.
The same MOU governs the deployment of AI-driven servers in these data centers to support generative AI applications.
In addition, Converge and Supermicro have identified the AI applications they may develop which includes the National Large Language Model and Smart Manufacturing for Industry 4.0, deep learning/machine learning, video generator, to name a few.
Data center servers that deploy liquid-cooling technology can significantly lower the overall power consumption of a power facility by up to 40 percent, according to Supermicro.
