Massed Compute, a provider of GPU-as-a-Service for AI and high-performance computing workloads, has secured a strategic investment from Digital Alpha, a digital infrastructure investment firm focused on scaling next-generation technology platforms. The deal provides Massed Compute with up to $300 million in equity and revenue share financing.
It would enable Massed Compute to rapidly expand its AI cloud infrastructure, deploy more NVIDIA-accelerated computing resources, and strengthen go-to-market alignment with Cisco.
The investment targets the rising global demand for high-performance GPU capacity to power advanced AI models, generative AI workloads, and complex machine learning tasks. Massed Compute delivers these capabilities through a managed AI cloud platform that gives enterprises, startups, and research organizations instant access to production-grade GPU clusters hosted in Tier III data centers across three continents. Its proprietary automation stack allows customers to spin up private cloud GPU instances within minutes, eliminating many of the hardware, cost, and deployment barriers that have traditionally slowed AI adoption.
Cisco is a central technology partner in the arrangement, providing its Unified Computing System (UCS) servers as the core foundation for Massed Compute’s AI infrastructure. According to Kevin Wollenweber, Senior Vice President and General Manager for Data Center and Internet Infrastructure at Cisco, the collaboration will deliver secure, scalable, and high-performance AI services capable of meeting the needs of enterprise clients worldwide.
NVIDIA GPUs
Massed Compute plans to leverage the investment to deploy next-generation NVIDIA GPUs, including the Hopper, RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition, Blackwell, and Blackwell Ultra models, supporting both pay-as-you-go and contracted enterprise use cases. Massed Compute will also integrate with PacketFabric’s Network-as-a-Service provisioning and Cloudian’s AI-optimized storage solutions to create what executives describe as a “secure AI factory” for large-scale deployments.
For Digital Alpha, the deal aligns with its investment focus on critical infrastructure platforms of the future. Managing Partner Rick Shrotri characterized Massed Compute as a flexible, GPU-centric cloud provider purpose-built for AI workloads, noting that the firm’s partnership with Cisco and other Digital Alpha portfolio companies such as PacketFabric, Qwilt, and Cloudian offers clear synergies for scaling the business.
Massed Compute co-founder and president Sunny Smith emphasized that the capital infusion and strategic partnerships will allow the company to accelerate customer onboarding, scale infrastructure globally, and support larger and more complex AI deployments. With AI adoption rapidly accelerating across every industry, both companies aim to close the gap between infrastructure demand and available capacity, delivering enterprise-grade compute resources wherever they are needed.
The partnership would reflect a broader shift in the data center and cloud market, where AI-native infrastructure is emerging as a competitive necessity. As more organizations seek sovereign AI cloud solutions, high-density GPU clusters, and low-latency networking, the combination of Massed Compute’s platform, Cisco’s hardware expertise, and Digital Alpha’s financial backing positions the company to compete for some of the largest and most sophisticated AI workloads in the market.
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