Cisco Systems Inc. and SharonAI Holdings Inc. have partnered with NVIDIA to launch Australia’s first Cisco Secure AI Factory, delivering secure, high-performance sovereign AI infrastructure with all data processing kept within Australia. The deployment uses Cisco UCS servers and Nexus Hyperfabric alongside 1,024 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs, with VAST Data storage and hosting in NEXTDC data centers, aiming to accelerate enterprise AI adoption across the Asia-Pacific region.

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