Akash Systems, which provides cooling technology for artificial intelligence (AI), data centres and space companies, has signed a $27 million contract with NxtGen Datacenter and Cloud Technologies.

The company will provide its cooling server called Diamond to NxtGen’s data centres in India.

The collaboration will position NxtGen will provide energy-efficient AI computing solutions by using NVIDIA and AMD graphics processing units cooled by Diamond. The servers will help NxtGen in providing energy-efficient and cost-effective AI computing services to enterprises “of all sizes”, said the company in a statement.

We are collaborating with Akash to set an industry benchmark for sustainable AI. Through a combination of Akash’s Diamond Cooling, waterless liquid cooling, and advanced GPUs from NVIDIA and AMD, we are able to double the performance per watt. This allows us to reduce the cost to our customers and bring down the cost of AI compute services by more than 50% from prevailing market rates and enable us to deliver very high-value AI use-cases to our customers,” said A S Rajgopal, CEO & MD, NxtGen.

“Our Diamond Cooled GPU servers will empower NxtGen to deliver unparalleled performance and reliability to their customers, reinforcing their position as a leader in AI and other compute Solutions,” said Felix Ejeckam, CEO and co-founder of Akash Systems.

New cooling solution

Diamond Cooling is a new cooling solution for the semiconductor sector and integrates with existing thermal management technologies. Its thermal conductivity exceeds the next best material, Copper, by 5 times.

“This partnership with NxtGen highlights the scalability of Akash’s technology and also showcases its ability to accelerate AI workloads by reducing thermal throttling and maximizing over-compute cycles. In short, the Diamond Cooled servers are the way to go,” says Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures.

Akash Systems’ servers are engineered to handle intensive AI workloads, including machine learning and deep learning applications. Akash pioneered Diamond Cooling for satellites in outer space – an environment that has no air.

Diamond Cooling results in record levels of energy efficiency, overall performance, and cost in AI. Diamond Cooled servers reduce GPU hotspot temperature by 10°-20°C even for NVIDIA and AMD servers that use liquid cooling.

NxtGen, which has its headquarters in Bengaluru, operates data centres and offers a range of services, including AI compute, disaster recovery, and managed security. The company is expanding its infrastructure to meet the growing demand for data centre services, said the statement.

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