Rackspace to Deploy 30MW of AMD AI Infrastructure for Regulated Enterprise Clients
June 17, 2026
Rackspace to Deploy 30MW of AMD AI Infrastructure for Regulated Enterprise Clients
Rackspace Technology has entered into a significant agreement with AMD to deploy 30 megawatts of AMD-powered AI infrastructure across its global data center footprint. The deal, which will see installations begin later this year and continue through 2028, is specifically designed to serve enterprise customers operating in regulated industries such as healthcare and financial services.
The deployment will integrate AMD Instinct GPUs—including the MI355X, MI350P, and future iterations—alongside AMD Epyc CPUs into Rackspace’s enterprise AI Cloud architecture. According to the companies, this configuration will enable Rackspace to “route each workload to the right compute with full accountability for performance and outcomes end-to-end.” The 30MW capacity is intended to represent “meaningful capacity to serve regulated enterprise workloads, including healthcare providers who have expressed early interest in accelerated compute for clinical AI and inference at scale.”
Gajen Kandiah, CEO of Rackspace, emphasized the unique value proposition of the partnership. “Enterprises in regulated industries need AI infrastructure that is governed from the ground up, with one operator accountable for business outcomes, not a collection of vendors each owning a piece,” he said. “This collaboration combines the right compute with the right operating model and delivers something the market hasn't offered before: a governed AI stack with one accountable partner from silicon to outcomes.”
Rackspace’s data centers span key markets including London, Sydney, Dallas, Ashburn, Chicago, Silicon Valley, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, and Amsterdam, providing a broad geographic base for deploying the new infrastructure. Dan McNamara, senior vice president and general manager for compute and enterprise AI at AMD, noted that as enterprise AI evolves, customers increasingly require a flexible mix of accelerated and general-purpose compute. “By bringing together leadership AMD AI compute solutions and Rackspace’s governed cloud operating model, we are helping regulated enterprises deploy high-performance AI infrastructure with the openness, scalability, and accountability needed to run AI at enterprise scale,” he said.
The partnership underscores a growing trend in the data center industry: the need for vertically integrated, accountable AI stacks that address the compliance and security demands of regulated sectors, rather than relying on fragmented vendor ecosystems. By combining AMD’s silicon with Rackspace’s managed cloud operations, the deal aims to fill a market gap for enterprises that require both cutting-edge AI performance and end-to-end governance.
Source: datacenterdynamics
