Iris Energy Limited (NASDAQ:IREN) said it has formed a partnership with WEKA as part of its entry into the generative AI market, using WEKA’s Data Platform to provide storage and data management solutions.
The bitcoin mining company said WEKA’s software-defined, hybrid cloud-based data architecture is expected to provide a high-performance solution for GPU optimization.
“This partnership enables Iris Energy to provide enhanced GPU cloud and colocation experiences within our next-generation data centers through WEKA’s innovative storage and data management solutions. We look forward to forging a long-term partnership with WEKA in servicing the growing generative AI and GPU compute markets," Daniel Roberts, co-founder and co-CEO of Iris Energy, said in a statement.
"Together, we will enable enterprises looking to harness the power of generative AI for their strategic business and research and development initiatives to rapidly scale their accelerated computing capabilities more sustainably while significantly reducing time-to-market," added Liran Zvibel, CEO of WEKA.
WEKA's Data Platform is a software solution transforming stagnant data silos into data pipelines that power GPUs efficiently and fuel performance-intensive workloads sustainably.