Why Amazon and Nvidia Are Teaming Up in the Cloud

Amazon Web Services last week said it would allow Nvidia to operate a cloud service using AWS data centers, making AWS the last major cloud provider to do so. With the new service, known as DGX Cloud service, Nvidia will rent servers that contain its graphics processing units from AWS, then sell access to the servers to its own customers, The Information has reported.

As part of the deal, AWS said it will be the first cloud provider to bring Nvidia’s latest graphics processing units, known as Grace Hopper Superchips, or GH200s, to the cloud with Nvidia's networking gear linking chips to one another. The GH200 combines a GPU with Nvidia’s general-purpose computing chip, known as a central processing unit, for increased memory. Google, Microsoft and Oracle offer Nvidia’s H100 chips through DGX Cloud with Nvidia—and they are expected to buy the GH200 chips as well.