Macnica and GMO Internet begin collaboration to develop and utilize generative AI on the NVIDIA-accelerated "GMO GPU Cloud." Supporting companies' digital transformation and accelerated growth.

Macnica (Headquarters: Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Representative Director and President: Kazumasa Hara, hereinafter referred to as Macnica) and GMO Internet, Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Board Director: Tadashi Ito, hereinafter referred Executive Officer as GMO Internet) today announced that they will begin collaborating to develop and support the use of generative AI on GMO GPU Cloud, a cloud service provided by GMO Internet and accelerated by NVIDIA technology. The aim of this collaboration is to provide customers with innovative solutions that utilize cutting-edge AI technology by combining Macnica 's extensive know-how in building IT infrastructure for AI with GMO Internet's advanced cloud technology, thereby supporting companies in strengthening their competitiveness and creating new value.

■ Solutions provided by GMO Internet Macnica
Macnica and GMO Internet will provide GMO GPU Cloud, Japan's highest level ^*1 GPU cloud service, as a computing infrastructure for corporate generative AI development and machine learning.
"GMO GPU Cloud" includes NVIDIA AI Enterprise, which provides the software environment necessary for companies to develop AI, making it possible to smoothly build and develop generative AI models. In addition, through cutting-edge AI development and fine-tuning support that utilizes Macnica 's knowledge, companies can efficiently develop and adjust large-scale language models (LLMs) and various AI models that are optimized for their needs.

■ Background of the attention given to GMO GPU Cloud
In recent years, the spread of remote work and the sophistication of data utilization have led to a rapid rise in demand for cloud services that optimize business processes. In addition, an increasing number of companies are working on the use of generative AI and machine learning, creating a demand for high-performance computing resources required for developing large-scale generative AI models. Against the backdrop of these market changes, "GMO GPU Cloud" provided by GMO Internet is attracting attention.
"GMO GPU Cloud" is equipped with NVIDIA Hopper GPUs and boasts a system configuration that combines a high-speed network that uses NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs and NVIDIA Spectrum-X, with ultra-high-speed storage from DataDirect Networks Japan, Inc. This high-performance infrastructure is optimized for processing large amounts of data, and delivers overwhelming performance, especially in the development of generative AI and machine learning.
In addition, GMO GPU Cloud was internationally recognized as having the fastest computing performance among domestic commercial clouds in the ^TOP500 global supercomputer performance rankings announced in November 2024. This is expected to further expand the market as an innovative cloud service that dramatically accelerates companies' development cycles.

■Challenges in developing generative AI and the significance of collaboration
With the rapid evolution of generative AI and machine learning, many companies are using these technologies to optimize their operations and create new value. However, there are many cases where implementation does not progress as expected due to challenges in acquiring specialized knowledge and operating systems.
To resolve these issues, specialized technical support is essential. As an authorized domestic distributor of NVIDIA, Macnica has a wealth of expertise, and by collaborating with GMO Internet, will provide technical support that maximizes the benefits of "GMO GPU Cloud." Furthermore, the collaboration between the two companies will effectively support large-scale language models (LLM) for businesses and cutting-edge AI development, helping to resolve issues customers face, such as technical aspects and a shortage of engineers.

■ Future outlook
Macnica and GMO Internet aim to jointly lead the forefront of generative AI development.
Macnica is currently testing the NVIDIA Cosmos global platform model, which is expected to lead to dramatic advances in physical AI development. It has been confirmed that the high-performance H200 GPU can be effectively utilized, and that the GMO GPU Cloud is an environment that allows for safe and speedy synthetic data generation using NVIDIA Cosmos.
Through this collaboration, the two companies will continue to promote the development of generative and physical AI and provide consistent support to customers to help them utilize AI in their businesses. Going forward, we will continue to work even harder to advance technological innovation and improve our customers' corporate value.

Tadashi Ito, Board Director of GMO Internet Executive Officer said:
"We are honored to have the opportunity to collaborate with Macnica. Through GMO GPU Cloud, the Company have been working to provide the optimal platform for AI development by leveraging our many years of experience in developing and operating large-scale Internet infrastructure. We are confident that this collaboration between our two companies will combine Macnica 's extensive cutting-edge AI technical capabilities with our ability to help customers successfully utilize AI, enabling us to provide more advanced and comprehensive AI solutions. We are proud to be able to provide a world-class computing platform and outstanding AI technical support, and will continue to contribute to improving Japan's industrial competitiveness through the use of AI."

Keisuke Ito, Macnica CLAVIS Company Inc., said the following:
"We are very pleased to be able to support our customers' technological innovation in the fields of generative AI and physical AI through our collaboration with GMO Internet. As an authorized NVIDIA distributor in Japan, the Company handle cutting-edge NVIDIA hardware and software platforms, and have supported our customers' AI development and environment construction by leveraging the deep technical knowledge of our specialized engineers. By combining the GMO GPU Cloud, which is the optimal platform for AI development combining the latest GPUs and high-speed networks, with the Company technical support for fine-tuning the NVIDIA Cosmos global foundation model and large-scale language models (LLM), we are confident that we can provide the optimal environment to lead our customers' AI projects to success."

*1: From GMO Internet Group press release, a domestic commercial cloud service currently being offered as of November 22, 2024 ("GMO GPU Cloud" ranked in the TOP500 global supercomputer rankings for the first time https://www.gmo.jp/news/article/9266/)

*2: The TOP500, a ranking of the world's supercomputers' performance, has been announced twice a year since 1993 and is known as one of the most authoritative rankings in the field of HPC. The rankings are determined based on the results of the LINPACK performance benchmark, which is widely used in the field of scientific and technical computing. https://www.top500.org/lists/top500/list/2024/11/

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