Together AI Signs $240M IBM Cloud Nvidia B300 Deal

Together AI has signed a $240 million deal with IBM Cloud to deploy a large-scale cluster of Nvidia HGX B300 systems launching in Q1 2027. The agreement expands Together AI's compute footprint for AI model training and inference.

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This deal confirms IBM Cloud's strategy to compete in the AI infrastructure market by partnering with specialized AI compute operators rather than building proprietary GPU clusters from scratch. Together AI gains a significant capacity expansion that allows it to compete with larger cloud AI providers for model training customers. The choice of Nvidia's B300 systems, a last-generation HGX configuration, signals that demand for proven GPU architectures remains robust even as next-generation options emerge. IBM's $240 million commitment validates the third-party AI compute leasing model and may attract further enterprise customers to Together AI's platform. This reinforces the broader trend of non-hyperscale cloud providers carving out AI infrastructure niches through partnerships.