Singtel to offer GPU-as-a-Service in Singapore and SEA

Singtel will be launching its GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) in Singapore and Southeast Asia in the third quarter of 2024.

With the new service, enterprises will be able to access NVIDIA’s AI computing power to drive greater efficiencies to accelerate growth and innovation.

Singtel’s GPUaaS will initially be powered by NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU-powered clusters in existing upgraded data centres in Singapore.

In addition to NVIDIA H100 GPUs, Singtel will be among the world’s first to deploy NVIDIA’s GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchips, which deliver 30x faster real-time large language model inference than the previous Hopper generation. The next generation chips were announced early this morning (Singapore time) by NVIDIA Founder and CEO Jensen Huang in his keynote address at GTC 2024.

Singtel will be one of the first NVIDIA Partner Network cloud partners to receive the new superchips early next year. This will give enterprise customers options of different types of accelerators for their advanced computing and AI needs.

The GPUaaS will then be expanded to run in three new sustainable, hyper-
connected, high-density AI data centres by Singtel’s regional data centre business Nxera in Singapore,

Thailand and Indonesia when they begin operations. Singtel will be deploying more than 100MW of these next-generation sustainable AI-ready data centres through Nxera within the next three years.

“We are seeing keen interest from the private and public sectors which are raring to deploy AI at scale quickly and cost-effectively. Our GPUaaS will run in AI-ready data centres specifically tailored for intense compute environments with purpose-built liquid-cooling technologies for maximum efficiency and lowest PUE, giving them the flexibility to deploy AI without having to invest and manage expensive data centre infrastructure,” said Bill Chang, CEO of Singtel’s Digital InfraCo unit and Nxera regional data centre business.

“By leveraging the power of NVIDIA’s accelerated computing platform, enterprises can transform their operations with AI. Singtel’s GPU-as-a-Service offering, powered by NVIDIA, will help businesses across the Southeast Asia region to unlock the many efficiencies AI brings,” said Mr Ronnie Vasishta, Senior Vice President of Telecom at NVIDIA.