The new platform will enable cloud providers across Africa to provision secure, scalable and cost-efficient AI-ready clouds to meet rising customer demand.
Many cloud providers across Africa are experiencing growing demand for AI services. However, most struggle to afford the large-scale infrastructure investments required to build competitive AI clouds without upfront customer commitments, while customers, in turn, are reluctant to commit before such AI clouds are operational.
The Zadara-powered Neutral AI Factory, launching in Nigeria, helps cloud providers overcome the high upfront costs typically required to build competitive AI infrastructure. As one of the first NVIDIA design and integration partners to support multi-tenancy for high-performance, scalable NVIDIA AI factories by adhering to NVIDIA reference architecture for multi-tenant AI clouds.
Zadara’s multi-tenancy empowers BCN to provision AI clouds for cloud providers starting from a compact form factor with seamless scalability. This flexible model allows cloud providers to efficiently deploy AI clouds of any size, fulfilling growing AI demand without making significant upfront capital investments.
“We congratulate BCN and Zadara on their partnership and wish them every success in developing state-of-the-art computing in West Africa,” said Yassin Bendjebbour, Team Lead, Digital Investment Facility, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), on behalf of DIF-AfIDA.
B CNis supported by the Digital Investment Facility-African Infrastructure Development Association Digital Catapult, which is aimed at assisting the speed and success of innovative African digital infrastructure developers.
The Digital Investment Facility (DIF) is part of the Team Europe Data Governance in Africa Initiative under the EU Global Gateway Strategy, funded by the European Commission, Finland and Germany, and implemented by GIZ German Development Agency and Haus Finland.
“Our partnership with Zadara enables us to deliver Africa’s first Neutral AI Factory,” said Ibrahim Dikko, CEO of BCN. “Cloud providers across Africa need a trusted partner to supply the AI cloud infrastructure that powers their services. BCN requires multi-tenant AI cloud software capable of provisioning secure, cost-effective, and business-specific AI clouds from our Neutral AI Factory. Together with Zadara, we are making that vision a reality.”
“We’re excited to partner with BCN to launch Africa’s first Neutral Multi-Tenant AI Factory. Together, we’re combining BCN’s Neutral Factory, Zadara’s advanced multi-tenancy software, and NVIDIA’s industry-leading AI platform to help cloud providers across the continent accelerate their transformation into the AI era. This collaboration delivers scalable, secure, and cost-efficient AI that fosters innovation and drives digital growth throughout Africa.” Yoram Novick, CEO of Zadara, concluded.
