AI-ready data center

Building Neocloud AI Data Centers with Cisco 8000 and SONiC: Where Disaggregation Meets Determinism

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A new paradigm is reshaping cloud infrastructure: neoclouds. These AI-first next-gen cloud providers are building GPU-dense platforms designed for the unrelenting scale and performance demands of modern machine learning. Unlike traditional cloud providers retrofitting existing infrastructure, neoclouds are purpose-building AI-native fabrics from the ground up—where every GPU cycle counts and every packet matters. In these […]

November 19, 2025

LEARN WITH CISCO

Build the Future of AI with DCAI Certification

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Build the specialized skills to design, deploy, and manage AI-ready data center infrastructure.

October 28, 2025

DATA CENTER

Cisco Nexus Delivers New AI Innovations with NVIDIA

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As AI drives unprecedented data traffic and complexity within data centers, modern networking infrastructure must deliver high-performance, scalable, and secure switching to keep pace. This blog explores how Cisco innovations like the Cisco N9100 Series Switches—open, AI-scale architecture—are setting new standards for powering advanced AI workloads.

October 28, 2025

DATA CENTER

Unlocking AI Performance: Splunk Observability for Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA

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Discover how Cisco AI PODs with Splunk Observability Cloud, deliver full-stack visibility, faster troubleshooting, and optimized performance across AI infrastructure and applications—forming a key pillar of Cisco Secure AI Factory.

October 28, 2025

DATA CENTER

From AI Pilots to Production: Building Infrastructure That Makes AI Real

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Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA is accelerating: Isovalent is now validated for Kubernetes networking on Cisco AI PODs, delivering robust connectivity, observability and consistent policy definition and enforcement to containerized AI pipelines. NVIDIA HGX B300 (UCS C880A M8) and NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (UCS X-Series X580p + X9516) expand Cisco AI compute with the latest high-performance GPUs from NVIDIA, expanding Cisco AI PODs server options for training, optimization, RAG and inferencing use cases. Cisco AI infrastructure ecosystem also expands with NVIDIA Run:ai and Nutanix NKP/NUS—momentum you can operationalize today.

October 22, 2025

DATA CENTER

The New Standard for Accurate Power Measurement in AI Data Centers

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As AI raises the stakes for energy efficiency, precision is paramount. Discover how Cisco researchers have achieved a breakthrough in power measurement accuracy—paving the way for substantially smarter infrastructure decision-making.

October 14, 2025

DATA CENTER

Ultra Ethernet for Scalable AI Network Deployment

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Cisco, in collaboration with the Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC), is addressing the networking challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) data centers with innovative solutions like link layer retry (LLR), credit-based flow control (CBFC), packet trimming, and congestion signaling. Discover how Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches empower organizations to build reliable, high-performance, and scalable infrastructure for the AI era.

October 9, 2025

DATA CENTER

Your Computing Future Is at the Edge: Are You Ready for AI’s New Frontier?

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Central to AI transformation is an edge infrastructure that helps drive innovation. Learn how a unified edge strategy unleashes the full power of data and computing for AI.

October 8, 2025

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

The third dimension of AI networking has arrived

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Announcing the Cisco 8223, powered by Cisco Silicon One P200 for scale-across networking demands. It’s engineered to handle what's next.