CodeZero proudly presents NuTheia, a groundbreaking, world-first AI Hybrid Cloud Platform. By seamlessly integrating on-premises, high-density immersion-cooled computing with the elastic capabilities of AWS cloud, NuTheia delivers a sustainable, optimised, and strategically advantageous solution for demanding AI model training and inference, aligning with key industry trends in hybrid AI and sustainable computing.
Modern AI workloads, particularly the training of Large Language Models (LLMs), are incredibly resource-intensive, pushing traditional air-cooled data centers to their thermal and financial limits. Organisations require robust pathways to harness immense computational power not only efficiently but also sustainably, while retaining crucial flexibility for workload deployment and inference at the edge. The critical question is: how can businesses achieve peak AI performance and scalability without incurring prohibitive costs or exacerbating environmental impact?
NuTheia, personally architected by CodeZero CEO Andy Rogen, pioneers a hybrid AI model by leveraging a consistent Nutanix software underlay to create a unified fabric between two powerful, complementary environments:
This pioneering project is a testament to strong ecosystem collaboration, involving AWS, Nutanix, Green Revolution Cooling (GRC), Intel, BP Castrol, UNICOM Engineering, and Centersquare.
Innovatively combines the extreme thermal efficiency and sustained performance of on-prem immersion cooling with the agility and global reach of the AWS cloud.
Capitalises on powerful on-prem Nvidia A40 GPUs within an energy-efficient immersion environment. This setup is ideal for intensive AI model training (e.g., Meta's Llama 3 on Hugging Face datasets), mitigating thermal throttling and ensuring consistent peak performance over extended periods.
Seamlessly pushes trained and fine-tuned models to AWS, leveraging energy-efficient Nvidia T4 GPUs for scalable, responsive, and geographically distributed inference – a strategy that optimises for both performance and operational expenditure.
The Nutanix software-defined architecture (HCI, NKE, NC2) provides a consistent management plane, skillset requirement, and operational workflow across the entire hybrid environment, simplifying MLOps.
Addresses the realities of prolonged model training by building in resilience and strategies for code efficiency and robust performance monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana), aligning with modern CI/CD practices.
NuTheia is not merely a technological showcase; it is a strategic blueprint for the future of AI infrastructure, offering a compelling response to the dual demands of computational power and environmental responsibility.
Directly confronts the thermal and energy challenges of traditional data centers, offering a significantly more sustainable path for compute-intensive AI. Immersion cooling can lead to substantial reductions in cooling energy and overall PUE.
Empowers organisations to architect AI workflows that leverage the best of both worlds: the sheer power and control of on-prem immersion for training, and the cost-efficiency and reach of the cloud for inference.
Provides the flexibility to deploy AI capabilities precisely where needed, maintaining sovereignty over sensitive training data and processes, while fostering rapid experimentation with cloud services.
Incorporates a clear vision for future enhancements, including Nutanix Move for streamlined model migration, Kubeflow for advanced MLOps pipelines, one-click deployment tools, and leveraging AWS CDN for optimised edge delivery.
NuTheia represents months of dedicated, intensive development by the CodeZero team. The visual storytelling of this complex project was expertly handled by our sister company NyxVX (an Epic Games MegaGrant recipient) using Unreal Engine.
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