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ePlus and Digital Realty have partnered to launch an AI Experience Center in Digital Realty's Innovation Lab in Ashburn, VA. As one of only 10 NVIDIA DGX-ready managed service providers globally, ePlus will showcase AI technologies in a data center environment purpose-built for AI-optimized infrastructure. The center will demonstrate deployment and management of NVIDIA AI Enterprise technologies, offering customers access to public and private cloud environments via ServiceFabric™ and Digital Realty's Private AI Exchange. The facility includes ePlus AI Ignite assessments and workshops to help organizations evaluate AI maturity and identify suitable solutions.

ePlus e Digital Realty hanno collaborato per lanciare un Centro di Esperienza AI nel Laboratorio di Innovazione di Digital Realty ad Ashburn, VA. Come uno dei soli 10 fornitori di servizi gestiti pronti per NVIDIA DGX a livello globale, ePlus presenterà tecnologie AI in un ambiente di data center appositamente progettato per un'infrastruttura ottimizzata per l'AI. Il centro dimostrerà il deployment e la gestione delle tecnologie NVIDIA AI Enterprise, offrendo ai clienti accesso a ambienti cloud pubblici e privati tramite ServiceFabric™ e il Private AI Exchange di Digital Realty. La struttura include valutazioni e workshop di ePlus AI Ignite per aiutare le organizzazioni a valutare la maturità dell'AI e identificare soluzioni adatte.

ePlus y Digital Realty se han asociado para lanzar un Centro de Experiencia AI en el Laboratorio de Innovación de Digital Realty en Ashburn, VA. Como uno de los únicos 10 proveedores de servicios gestionados listos para NVIDIA DGX a nivel mundial, ePlus mostrará tecnologías de AI en un entorno de centro de datos diseñado específicamente para una infraestructura optimizada para AI. El centro demostrará la implementación y gestión de las tecnologías NVIDIA AI Enterprise, ofreciendo a los clientes acceso a entornos de nube pública y privada a través de ServiceFabric™ y el Private AI Exchange de Digital Realty. La instalación incluye evaluaciones y talleres de ePlus AI Ignite para ayudar a las organizaciones a evaluar la madurez de la AI e identificar soluciones adecuadas.

ePlusDigital Realty는 VA주 Ashburn에 있는 Digital Realty의 혁신 연구소에 AI 경험 센터를 개설하기 위해 협력했습니다. ePlus는 전 세계적으로 단 10개에 불과한 NVIDIA DGX 준비 완료 관리 서비스 공급자 중 하나로, AI 최적화 인프라를 위해 특별히 설계된 데이터 센터 환경에서 AI 기술을 선보일 것입니다. 이 센터는 NVIDIA AI Enterprise 기술의 배포 및 관리 방법을 시연하며, 고객에게 ServiceFabric™와 Digital Realty의 Private AI Exchange를 통해 공공 및 개인 클라우드 환경에 대한 접근을 제공합니다. 이 시설에는 ePlus AI Ignite 평가 및 워크숍이 포함되어 있으며, 조직이 AI 성숙도를 평가하고 적합한 솔루션을 찾는 데 도움을 줍니다.

ePlus et Digital Realty se sont associés pour lancer un Centre d'Expérience AI dans le Laboratoire d'Innovation de Digital Realty à Ashburn, VA. En tant que l'un des seuls 10 fournisseurs de services gérés prêts pour NVIDIA DGX dans le monde, ePlus présentera des technologies AI dans un environnement de centre de données spécialement conçu pour une infrastructure optimisée pour l'AI. Le centre démontrera le déploiement et la gestion des technologies NVIDIA AI Enterprise, offrant aux clients un accès à des environnements cloud publics et privés via ServiceFabric™ et l'échange privé d'AI de Digital Realty. L'établissement comprend des évaluations et des ateliers ePlus AI Ignite pour aider les organisations à évaluer leur maturité en matière d'AI et à identifier des solutions appropriées.

ePlus und Digital Realty haben sich zusammengeschlossen, um ein AI Experience Center im Innovationslabor von Digital Realty in Ashburn, VA, zu eröffnen. Als einer der weltweit nur 10 NVIDIA DGX-bereit Managed Service Provider wird ePlus KI-Technologien in einer speziell für KI-optimierte Infrastrukturen konzipierten Rechenzentrumsumgebung präsentieren. Das Zentrum wird die Implementierung und Verwaltung der NVIDIA AI Enterprise-Technologien demonstrieren und bietet Kunden Zugang zu öffentlichen und privaten Cloud-Umgebungen über ServiceFabric™ und die Private AI Exchange von Digital Realty. Die Einrichtung umfasst ePlus AI Ignite-Beurteilungen und Workshops, um Organisationen bei der Bewertung der KI-Reife zu unterstützen und geeignete Lösungen zu finden.

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  • Strategic partnership with Digital Realty enhances ePlus's AI service offerings
  • Exclusive status as one of only 10 NVIDIA DGX-ready managed service providers globally
  • Access to advanced infrastructure and cloud environments through Digital Realty's network
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The launch of the AI Experience Center represents a strategic positioning in the rapidly growing AI infrastructure market. By leveraging its status as one of only 10 NVIDIA DGX-ready MSPs globally, ePlus is establishing itself as a key player in enterprise AI adoption. The partnership with Digital Realty adds significant value through access to specialized data center capabilities and interconnection solutions.

The center addresses critical market needs by providing hands-on experience with AI infrastructure, particularly important given the complex requirements for power, cooling and GPU resources. The integration with Digital Realty's ServiceFabric™ and Private AI Exchange creates a comprehensive ecosystem for enterprises to test and deploy AI solutions.

The collaboration with major technology partners (Lenovo, Pure Storage, Vertiv, Weights & Biases) strengthens the offering's credibility and provides a complete solution stack for potential customers. This positions ePlus to capture a larger share of the enterprise AI infrastructure market.

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HERNDON, Va., Nov. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ePlus inc. (NASDAQ NGS: PLUS – news) and Digital Realty today jointly announced a partnership to launch a state-of-the-art AI Experience Center to be hosted in Digital Realty's Innovation Lab located in Ashburn, VA. As one of only 10 NVIDIA DGX-ready managed service providers (MSP) globally, ePlus focuses on accelerating the delivery of AI outcomes, as well as the ongoing optimization of those technologies, which are on full display in the AI Experience Center. Digital Realty is a leading global provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, and ePlus is a leading technology provider whose AI Ignite portfolio helps organizations unlock the full potential of AI to drive meaningful business outcomes.

Designed to help accelerate an organization's AI journey, the AI Experience Center will enable customers to experience AI technologies in data center facilities purpose-built for AI-optimized infrastructure. Customers may explore AI-specific requirements such as power, cooling, and advanced graphics processing unit (GPU) resources that may not be available in other data center facilities. Hosting the AI Experience Center inside of Digital Realty's Innovation Lab enables customer easy access to public and private cloud environments via ServiceFabric™. Additionally, customers can orchestrate AI-specific workloads across Digital Realty's Private AI Exchange (AIPx).

For organizations focused on building AI-optimized infrastructure, the AI Experience Center will demonstrate deployment, management, and optimization of NVIDIA AI Enterprise technologies and the surrounding ecosystem of software and services that empowers AI outcomes.

In addition to the technology demonstrations at the facility, customers can also take advantage of the suite of ePlus AI Ignite assessments and workshops, which are designed to help them understand their level of AI maturity and what solutions best match their goals. These engagements help identify use cases, define success criteria, assess AI preparedness, and rapidly deploy proofs of concept (POCs).

"Our vision for the AI Experience Center is to help all customers – whether just embarking on an AI journey or trying to scale an existing solution – to make informed decisions about their AI investments and unlock maximum value from their data," said Darren Raiguel, chief operating officer at ePlus. "ePlus and Digital Realty's combined expertise, partnerships and resources make us the go-to partner to help companies intelligently navigate this markedly new terrain in business and technology."

"Part of the digital transformation journey is for enterprises to innovate and take advantage of new opportunities powered by AI. However, the solutions are all too often disjointed and complex," says Chris Sharp, Chief Technology Officer at Digital Realty. "Through our partnership with ePlus and its deep industry expertise, we are equipping IT and data science teams with the intelligence and understanding they need to make smart AI investments."

"We are excited to collaborate with ePlus and Digital Realty to bring the possibilities of AI to life for customer organizations looking to harness its power," said Rob Cato, vice president North America Channel, ISO. "The infrastructure required to support AI is one of the most critical pieces to helping ensure its success, and that's where Lenovo comes in. We're pleased to work alongside ePlus and Digital Realty to provide customers with innovative technology and solutions to help deliver advanced outcomes."

"Pure Storage is delighted to contribute to the ePlus and Digital Realty AI Experience Center," said Josh Felicetti, National Partners Director at Pure Storage. "This important initiative underscores our shared vision with ePlus and Digital Realty to empower organizations with modern technology, tools, and resources that guide them through each step of their AI journey. Together, we are committed to helping our customers future-proof their AI infrastructure, alleviate complexity, and set them up for impactful AI outcomes."

"Vertiv, ePlus and Digital Realty have a long-standing history in delivering critical digital infrastructure solutions to our customers, said Giordano Albertazzi, CEO of Vertiv. "I'm excited to extend these relationships through support of the ePlus and Digital Realty AI Experience Center, which showcases power, cooling and IT solutions to demonstrate AI deployment best practices. Our companies are dedicated to offering innovative technologies to improve time to market and drive scalability as customers prepare their infrastructure for the high-performance computing wave."

"With the right tools and training, the possibilities with AI are limitless. ePlus and Digital Realty's new AI Experience Center will allow customers to conceptualize new and unique use cases that will maximize the value of their AI investments," said Seann Gardiner, VP, Business Development at Weights & Biases. "We're excited to contribute Weights & Biases technology and resources to the initiative so customers can accelerate and advance AI innovation." 

To learn more about ePlus and Digital Realty's AI Experience Center, please visit: https://www.eplus.com/solutions/ai/AI-Experience-Center.

About ePlus inc.
ePlus is a customer-first, services-led, and results-driven industry leader offering transformative technology solutions and services to provide the best customer outcomes. Offering a full portfolio of solutions, including artificial intelligence, security, cloud and data center, networking and collaboration, as well as managed, consultative and professional services, ePlus works closely with organizations across many industries to successfully navigate business challenges. With a long list of industry-leading partners and more than 2,300 employees, our expertise has been honed over more than three decades, giving us specialized yet broad levels of experience and knowledge. ePlus is headquartered in Virginia, with locations in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, and Asia–Pacific. For more information, visit www.eplus.com, call 888-482-1122, or email info@eplus.com.  Connect with ePlus on LinkedIn, X, Facebook, and Instagram

About Digital Realty

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company's global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents. To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

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This press release contains information about management's view of ePlus' future expectations, plans and prospects that are not historical facts and may be deemed to be "forward-looking statements". Actual and anticipated future results may vary materially due to certain risks and uncertainties. Certain risks and uncertainties that may affect such "forward-looking statements" are detailed in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, especially under the heading "Risk Factors". All information set forth in this press release is current as of the date of this release and ePlus expressly disclaims any duty or obligation to update this information, except as may be required by law.

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FAQ

What is the purpose of ePlus (PLUS) and Digital Realty's AI Experience Center?

The AI Experience Center demonstrates AI technologies in purpose-built data center facilities, helping organizations explore AI-specific requirements like power, cooling, and GPU resources, while providing access to public and private cloud environments.

Where is the ePlus (PLUS) AI Experience Center located?

The AI Experience Center is hosted in Digital Realty's Innovation Lab located in Ashburn, VA.

What services does ePlus (PLUS) offer at the AI Experience Center?

ePlus offers AI Ignite assessments and workshops, technology demonstrations, deployment and management of NVIDIA AI Enterprise technologies, and helps identify use cases and define success criteria for AI implementations.

What makes ePlus (PLUS) unique in the AI infrastructure space?

ePlus is one of only 10 NVIDIA DGX-ready managed service providers globally, specializing in accelerating AI outcomes and technology optimization.

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