Fujitsu, Supermicro Team Up to Develop Green Data Centre, AI Computing Solutions
Demand for Data Centre Capacity Is Rising—Fast
Fujitsu Limited and Supermicro, Inc. have announced they will collaborate to establish a long-term strategic engagement in technology and business. They will develop and market a platform with the former’s future Arm-based FUJITSU-MONAKA processor that is designed for high-performance and energy efficiency and targeted for release in 2027. In addition, the two companies will also collaborate on developing liquid-cooled systems for high performance computing HPC, Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), and next-generation green data centres.
“Supermicro is excited to collaborate with Fujitsu to deliver state-of-the-art servers and solutions that are high performance, power efficient, and cost optimised,” said Charles Liang, {resident and CEO at Supermicro. “These systems will be optimised to support a broad range of workloads in AI, HPC, cloud and edge environments. The two companies will focus on green IT designs with energy-saving architectures, such as liquid cooling rack scale PnP, to minimise technology’s environmental impact.”
Fujitsu and Supermicro Aim to Meet Rising Demand
As the use of AI continues to grow, demand for data centre capacity is rising faster than what can be supplied, and one of the biggest challenges is efficiently meeting growing power consumption requirements. Liquid cooling technology innovation has already made Supermicro an industry leader in shipping liquid cooling solutions today. A key focus will be bringing together Fujitsu and Supermicro expertise to further develop rack-scale liquid cooling solutions.
The two companies will combine their technical capabilities and world-class global reach to offer a market-leading server portfolio. Supermicro’s Building Block approach to server design enables a wide range of servers to be quickly built and certified for specific workloads across AI/HPC and general-purpose computing domains in deployments from cloud data centers to edge applications.
In addition, by integrating the cutting-edge FUJITSU-MONAKA processor, the two companies will realise excellent performance and power efficiency while also pursuing high reliability, security, and ease of use with wide software compatibility, thereby empowering customers to implement green AI infrastructure.
FUJITSU-MONAKA is a processor based on the Arm instruction set architecture, employing cutting-edge 2-nanometer technology and is set to be delivered in 2027. This new technology applied to the FUJITSU-MONAKA is based on results obtained from a project subsidised by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).
The collaboration will also extend to Fsas Technologies Inc., a Fujitsu subsidiary, which will provide AI platform-based generative AI solutions globally that combine Supermicro’s GPU server products and implementation support services for data centre operators and enterprises.
“The collaboration between Fujitsu and Supermicro is a groundbreaking initiative that will accelerate green computing innovation,” said Vivek Mahajan, Corporate Vice President, CTO, and CPO at Fujitsu. “By combining our technologies, we will enable high-performance, energy-efficient AI system infrastructure, driving the evolution of AI and Digital Transformation (DX).”
As a provider of information and communication technology services and data center infrastructure, Fujitsu and Supermicro believe that promoting a green AI infrastructure that reduces power consumption and environmental impact in data centres is a top priority.
