Firmus Technologies has partnered with Rafay, a leading cloud-native orchestration provider, to integrate Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) capabilities into the Firmus AI Cloud. This strategic collaboration strengthens Firmus’ developer experience by enabling users to train, fine-tune, and deploy AI models directly on its vertically integrated AI Factory infrastructure.

By connecting Rafay’s orchestration platform with Firmus’ proprietary AI FactoryOS, the integration maximizes efficiency across compute, cooling, and orchestration. As a result, developers gain a seamless, full-stack cloud experience that is specifically designed for AI at scale. The combination of consistently optimized infrastructure with advanced cloud services reduces friction and accelerates AI development.

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The integration also provides flexible, self-service access to Firmus’ AI Factory deployments, including Project Southgate, Australia’s largest GPU deployment powered by renewable energy. Southgate is engineered for high-density compute efficiency while minimizing energy and water consumption, delivering cutting-edge infrastructure with unmatched cost-effectiveness and carbon performance.

Dr. Daniel Kearney, CTO of Firmus Technologies, emphasized the company’s commitment: “We’re committed to full-stack innovation, and that includes cloud services. For us, that means giving developers a seamless path to train and deploy on world-class infrastructure. Rafay helps us offer a best-in-class experience to users accessing Southgate compute – turning next-gen hardware into a highly usable, low-friction cloud environment.”

Expanding AI Capabilities with Rafay

With Rafay’s integration, enterprise customers and individual developers can now leverage a complete stack for modern AI workloads – from raw compute resources to developer-ready services. Key features of the enhanced platform include:

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  • GPU-Powered Compute: Bare metal servers, virtual machines, SLURM clusters, and Kubernetes environments optimized for AI workloads.
  • Self-Service Tools for Data Scientists: Access to Jupyter Notebooks, ML Workbenches, and NVIDIA technologies such as NVIDIA NIM.
  • Developer-Friendly AI Services: Serverless inference and serviceless fine-tuning for model consumption and business-specific fine-tuning without infrastructure overhead.
  • AI Studio: Model hosting, streaming fine-tuning, and inferencing capabilities for enterprise-grade AI deployment.

Haseeb Budhani, CEO and co-founder of Rafay Systems, highlighted the significance of the partnership: “We’re proud to partner with Firmus to enable the next wave of enterprise AI in Asia-Pacific. With our Kubernetes Operations Platform integrated into the Firmus AI Cloud, users of all sizes in the region now gain the control and scalability they need to go from prototyping to production with unprecedented agility and cost-efficiency.”

This collaboration positions Firmus Technologies as a leader in full-stack AI cloud solutions, providing developers with the tools, infrastructure, and flexibility required to accelerate AI innovation across industries.

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