Cisco Expands its Secure AI Factory Offering with NVIDIA
Cisco has announced a major expansion of its Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA, giving customers a framework for deploying AI across their entire infrastructure – from central data center to local sites where data is created and decisions are made.
Enterprises, neoclouds, sovereign clouds, and service providers can now move AI from pilot to full-scale production without stitching together disconnected systems, compressing deployment timelines from months to weeks and embedding security from the start.
"Most organizations understand the potential for AI to transform their businesses, but they're navigating how to deploy the technology safely and at scale," said Chuck Robbins, Chair and CEO, Cisco. "In partnership with NVIDIA , we're solving that challenge with an architecture that sets a new standard for performance – making it simpler to deploy, operate, and secure AI infrastructure."
"AI factories are transforming every industry, and security must be built into every layer—from silicon to software—to protect data, applications, and infrastructure," said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. "Together, NVIDIA and Cisco are building the secure foundation for AI infrastructure—core to edge—so companies can scale intelligence with confidence."
AI That Runs Everywhere, Not Just in the Data Center
AI inference happens where data lives and decisions can't wait, whether on the hospital floor or for analyzing video of a factory floor in real-time to keep workers safe. This reality fundamentally reshapes infrastructure by requiring inference workloads to operate locally — closer to the data, the devices, and the moment a decision must be made.
"Sharon AI looks forward to the Cisco's N9100 series switches, offering 102.4T capacity with Nexus One's cloud-managed Nexus Hyperfabric. With NCP RA compliance and the 51.2T Spectrum-4 based N9100 switch availability, we will be scaling our AI infrastructure with robust performance and efficiency. The G300 Silicon One-based N9300 switches provide the flexibility to meet evolving customer needs. Turnkey AI infrastructure deployment through Nexus One significantly simplifies operations and accelerates time-to-value for our initiatives," commented, Andrew Leece, COO and founder, Sharon AI.
"World Wide Technology's clients trust Cisco for enterprise networking. Their robust AI networking portfolio extends that trust to AI workloads. Cisco's portfolio offers choice and flexibility to clients to build tailored AI infrastructure using Cisco Silicon One and NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet switch silicon based switches with stellar performance up to 102.4Tbps running NX-OS or SONiC and unified by the Nexus One management plane. We're excited about these advancements to deliver the scalability and performance required for the agentic era," said, Jeff Fonke, Practice Director – Global Solutions & Architecture, World Wide Technology.