DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. has announced a strategic collaboration with AMD to provide its global customer base with access to AMD’s latest Instinct™ GPUs for AI workloads. This partnership introduces DigitalOcean GPU Droplets—starting with AMD MI300X and soon MI325X—designed to deliver exceptional performance, efficiency, and scalability for AI training, inference, and high-performance computing (HPC) applications.
By integrating AMD’s cutting-edge GPU technology with DigitalOcean’s simple, scalable cloud platform, this move significantly lowers the barrier to entry for startups, developers, and digital-native enterprises seeking to build or scale their AI applications.
Highlights of the Collaboration
1. Access to Next-Gen AMD Instinct™ GPUs
- Launching with AMD Instinct MI300X and expanding to MI325X later in the year.
- Designed for both AI inference and model training.
- Optimized for large language models (LLMs) with hundreds of billions of parameters.
2. Performance Meets Simplicity
- MI300X delivers high memory bandwidth and large capacity, minimizing the need for multi-GPU model splitting.
- Backed by the AMD ROCm™ software platform for streamlined AI and HPC development.
3. GPU Droplets: Flexible Deployment Options
- Available as single or eight-GPU configurations, with pricing as low as $1.99/GPU hour.
- Can be used as standalone GPU Droplets or Kubernetes worker nodes for containerized applications.
- Simple setup compared to traditional cloud providers—no complex security or networking configurations required.
4. Bare Metal and Cloud-Optimized Availability
- GPUs already available in bare metal for customers needing deeper infrastructure control.
- Now available through DigitalOcean’s cloud-native interface, providing agility and cost control.
5. AMD Developer Cloud: Built for AI Growth
- Fully managed platform built on DigitalOcean’s infrastructure.
- Instant access to MI300X GPUs, requiring no local setup or hardware investment.
- Ideal for:
- Fine-tuning LLMs
- Inference benchmarking
- Scalable AI stack development
Strategic Leadership Commentary
“DigitalOcean’s collaboration with AMD is another proof point to make AI easily accessible to our customers.”
— Bratin Saha, Chief Product & Technology Officer, DigitalOcean
“Together, AMD and DigitalOcean are committed to providing the critical innovative technologies required to support the evolving needs of growing tech businesses.”
— Negin Oliver, Corporate VP, Business Development, AMD.
DigitalOcean’s collaboration with AMD signifies a major step toward democratizing enterprise-level AI infrastructure. With simple deployment, cost-effective pricing, and access to AMD’s industry-leading GPU performance, developers can now build, scale, and optimize AI solutions with ease. The initiative reflects a shared mission: make advanced AI tools available to all, regardless of size or technical depth. As AI innovation accelerates, this partnership empowers the next wave of digital-native enterprises to thrive without limits.
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