Rackspace (RXT.US) joins NVIDIA AI cloud computing ecosystem, partners with Palantir to advance "sovereign AI" and AI cloud growth engine

智通财经APP has learned that after Rackspace Technology (RXT.US) announced it has joined the artificial intelligence cloud computing partner program led by “AI chip giant” NVIDIA (NVDA.US), the company’s stock price rose by over 14% during pre-market trading on Thursday. The core of this collaboration is to integrate NVIDIA's Blackwell AI accelerated computing infrastructure, Palantir’s enterprise data and AI super platform, as well as Rackspace's infrastructure and continuous operation and maintenance ecosystem, to serve enterprises that value data sovereignty, governance, and rapid availability of computing systems. For Rackspace, this provides a new product portfolio to expand existing cloud service customers into enterprise AI clients. The announcement did not disclose the value of the new orders or revenue contributions; the current benefit is mainly reflected in enhanced business expansion capability and the latest reinforcement of its transition from cloud computing to AI cloud service provider positioning.