AWS launches AI Factories to meet on-premises demand for large-scale models

Amazon Web Services introduces ‘AI Factories’, a managed on-premises solution integrating Nvidia hardware to address data sovereignty and regulatory concerns, positioning itself amid growing industry moves towards localised AI deployments.

Amazon Web Services has rolled out “AI Factories”, a managed product that installs and operates dedicated AI infrastructure inside customers’ own data centres, allowing organisations to run large-scale models on premises while AWS supplies the hardware, networking, storage and management tools. ^[1][2][6][7]

AWS says the offering addresses mounting data‑sovereignty and regulatory concerns by keeping sensitive datasets on site, reducing the need to move information into third‑party cloud environments or share compute with other tenants. The company positions the product as compatible with its Bedrock and SageMaker services while remaining physically local to customers. ^[1][2][6]

Technically, AWS’s package combines its Trainium accelerators alongside Nvidia GPUs and specialised networking to deliver high‑performance, energy‑efficient model training and inference. Reuters reports AWS has integrated Nvidia’s NVLink Fusion ideas into its Trainium roadmap and introduced Trainium3‑based servers that claim substantially higher throughput and lower power consumption. ^[3][2][6]

The use of the term “AI Factory” echoes Nvidia’s own marketing for full‑stack AI deployments; AWS’s announcement reflects a collaboration that pairs Nvidia hardware with AWS system and software integration. Nvidia describes AI factories as end‑to‑end infrastructures optimised for intensive AI workloads, a description that aligns with AWS’s managed, on‑premises approach. ^[5][1][2]

Microsoft has already pursued a similar path, deploying Nvidia‑based systems and branded “AI Superfactories” for OpenAI workloads and offering localised managed hardware to meet compliance needs, underscoring how cloud providers are now competing to manage customers’ private AI estates. ^[1][3]

The trend has broader industry momentum: Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Nvidia recently announced an AI Factory lab aimed at giving EU customers more control and autonomy, illustrating demand for compliant, regionally governed AI infrastructure across large enterprises and government buyers. ^[4][5]

For businesses, the offering aims to strike a balance between the scale and services of hyperscale cloud providers and the data control of traditional on‑premises deployments. Whether this represents a permanent reorientation of enterprise computing or a pragmatic, sector‑specific response to AI’s unique data and performance demands remains an open question. ^[1][6][2]

Adoption will likely hinge on cost, regulatory fit and operational trade‑offs: customers supply power and space while vendors retain ongoing operational roles, shifting the cloud‑versus‑on‑premises debate toward hybrid managed models tailored to sensitive and large‑scale AI workloads. ^[1][2][6][7]

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• ^[2] (aws.amazon.com) – Paragraph 1, Paragraph 2, Paragraph 3, Paragraph 8
• ^[3] (Reuters) – Paragraph 3, Paragraph 5
• ^[4] (HPE newsroom) – Paragraph 6
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Source: Fuse Wire Services