Consensus Core selects Cologix as its Canadian hub for NVIDIA-powered GPU-as-a-service in Canada

Cologix, a Denver-based network-neutral interconnection and hyperscale edge data center firm, announced its collaboration with Consensus Core Technologies Inc, a Vancouver-based AI cloud service provider, to support the needs of AI technologies at its MTL10 Scalelogix data centre in Montréal. The collaboration enables Consensus Core to launch a new, NVIDIA-powered GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) in the Canadian market and transforms MTL10 into a hub for its high-performance AI workloads.

“As a registered member of the NVIDIA Partner Network, Consensus Core will supercharge AI in Canada,” said Wayne Lloyd, co-founder and CEO of Consensus Core. “Implementing AI in data centers with the powerful NVIDIA accelerated computing platform requires a specialized approach. We have selected Cologix to address this need. As a Canadian company, we sought a partner offering colocation services for GPUs for both Canadian and international clients. Cologix’s hyperscale and highly interconnected data centers enable us to densify and scale our services to meet customer demands efficiently.”

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GPUaaS offers powerful graphics processing units over the internet, designed for tasks including AI, machine learning and 3D rendering that require massive parallel processing capabilities. Unlike general cloud services that use general-purpose platforms for a wide range of applications, GPUaaS provides specialized, high-performance computing for specific AI tasks. This benefits companies that want to start doing AI workloads because instead of buying and maintaining their own physical servers and hardware, they can get access to NVIDIA accelerated computing on a per-hour basis from Consensus Core. This means less downtime waiting for delivery and easy-to-use tools to deliver business results faster.

NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU-accelerated clusters will power Consensus Core’s GPUaaS operated in Cologix’s Montréal data center. NVIDIA H100 extends the NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU’s global-to-shared asynchronous transfer capabilities across all address spaces and adds support for tensor memory access patterns. It enables applications to build end-to-end asynchronous pipelines that move data into and off the chip, completely overlapping and hiding data movement with computation.

MTL10 is among Cologix’s largest network-neutral data centers, offering connectivity via high-count, diverse and scalable fiber with direct access to the Meet-Me-Room (MMR) in Montréal at Cologix’s MTL3 facility. The data center also offers strong interconnection capabilities to build and scale businesses with more than 100 unique network providers and low-latency connections to hyperscale cloud providers. MTL10 is a 180,000-square-foot, purpose-built facility that is ISO 27001 certified by Schellman and HIPAA, SOC1, SOC2 and PCI compliant.