Supermicro expands infrastructure support for AI-RAN (AI Radio Access Networks) and sovereign AI deployments with optimized server solutions.

Supermicro, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a Total IT Solution Provider for AI/ML, HPC, Cloud, Storage, and 5G/Edge, announced expanded support for infrastructure solutions powering sovereign AI platforms and Artificial Intelligence - Radio Access Networks (AI-RAN) at Mobile World Congress Barcelona in March. The company and its ecosystem partners are featuring the latest real-world use cases that bring together performance, efficiency, and scalability through cutting-edge infrastructure solutions featuring the latest CPUs and GPUs that power AI-native telecom networks and secure, scalable AI factories. Supermicro is collaborating with global partners including Nokia, SK Telecom, and Telenor to demonstrate real-world use cases at the event.

Charles Liang, president and CEO of Supermicro, stated: "Delivering AI to the RAN at scale requires infrastructure optimized for telecom networks. As operators embed intelligence across their networks and advance sovereign AI strategies, Supermicro's flexible Data Center Building Block Solutions (DCBBS) and deep ecosystem collaborations enable rapid deployment of high-performance, energy-efficient solutions that help ensure data sovereignty and long-term scalability." The adoption of AI in telecom networks is growing rapidly as operators seek greater efficiency and automation. AI-RAN embeds intelligence into the Radio Access Network to optimize spectrum, energy, and performance while creating a distributed network that powers AI solutions for operators and end users. AI-RAN requires infrastructure solutions designed to meet the unique requirements of telecom networks in a scalable, cost-efficient way.

Supermicro is expanding its broad range of AI-RAN systems in line with NVIDIA Aerial RAN Computer (ARC) design to support the latest technologies including NVIDIA Blackwell architecture. The ARS-111L-FR is a short-depth, 1U system designed for distributed RAN workloads, featuring NVIDIA Grace CPU C1 and compatible with NVIDIA ConnectX Ethernet adapters for high-speed networking, with space for up to 2 low-profile GPU cards such as the NVIDIA L4 for AI workloads. The ARS-221GL-NR is a high-performance 2U Grace Superchip system with up to 2 double-width NVIDIA GPUs, improved to support NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs for demanding AI workloads throughout the telecom network. The ARS-111GL-NHR is Supermicro's 1U GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip system with integrated GPU and 900GB/s NVLink interconnect between CPU and GPU, making it powerful for research and AI inferencing at the network edge while supporting NVIDIA BlueField data processing units (DPUs) and ConnectX Ethernet adapters.

Sovereign AI refers to an enterprise's ability to develop, deploy, and govern artificial intelligence within its own controlled infrastructure, data environments, and compliance frameworks. Delivering sovereign AI at scale requires infrastructure that is powerful, scalable, and energy efficient; Supermicro's innovative DCBBS are designed to enable organizations to rapidly deploy and expand AI data centers through modular architectures that simplify scaling while advanced thermal and power designs improve operational efficiency. Telenor, a leading Nordic telecom provider, has launched Telenor AI Factory, Norway's first sovereign AI cloud platform providing NVIDIA GPU-accelerated infrastructure entirely within Norway. SK Telecom, South Korea's leading telecom provider, has built the Haein Cluster, a sovereign AI infrastructure platform featuring over 1,000 Supermicro AI servers equipped with NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs at SK Telecom's Gasan AI Data Center, forming one of the country's highest-performance AI GPU clusters delivering GPU-as-a-Service for training, inference, and model development. Nokia has validated Supermicro's 1U Grace Hopper system ARS-111GL-NHR to run AnyRAN, its software suite for building cloud-native radio access networks, and introduced a validated infrastructure design for hybrid AI/ML training and inference based on Supermicro AS-8125GS-TNMR2 servers. Viettel High Tech, Vietnam's top 5G network infrastructure solution provider, has built a large 5G network based on Open RAN standards.