Bull & DDN

Build and scale sovereign AI without compromise

Bull, in partnership with DataDirect Networks (DDN), delivers enterprise-grade AI infrastructure with secure multi-tenancy, engineered for extreme performance, real-time intelligence, and complete data sovereignty. From large-scale training in the data centre to ultra-responsive inference at the edge, organisations can deploy and operate AI with total control, security, and efficiency.

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Partnership benefits

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Accelerate AI Training at Scale

Bull’s advanced HPC and AI compute, paired with DDN’s Data Intelligence Platform, eliminates data bottlenecks to unlock massive deep-learning throughput.

  • Bull’s HPC and AI platforms support large-scale model training across hybrid environments, enabling faster experimentation and iteration.
  • DDN EXAScaler® delivers multi-terabyte-per-second throughput, maximising GPU utilisation and reducing time to train complex models.
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Real-Time AI Inference & Edge Optimisation

Bull’s AI compute integrates seamlessly with DDN’s low-latency Infinia® data platform to deliver real-time inferencing from cloud and core to edge.

  • Bull enables low-latency AI deployment across distributed environments, supporting time-critical use cases.
  • DDN Infinia® provides ultra-fast, S3-native data access, accelerating time-to-insight and decision-making.
  • Integration with leading AI ecosystems supports scalable, high-performance inference pipelines.
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Data Sovereignty & Secure AI Control

With Bull and DDN, organisations can accelerate AI innovation while maintaining strict data residency, compliance, and ethical AI standards.

  • Bull’s European heritage and full-stack expertise support sovereign, secure infrastructure for sensitive workloads.
  • DDN’s Sovereign AI solutions provide validated architectures for compliant, national-grade AI deployments.

Spotlight on our solutions

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Sovereignty through Bull BXI and DDN EXAScaler® Lustre

Celebrating ten years at CEA, this solution combines the European BXI interconnect with DDN storage to help achieve a higher level of strategic sovereignty. It provides a robust, autonomous foundation for the most critical exascale workloads and national research initiatives.

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Accelerating AI Frontiers with EXAScaler® Lustre and Infinia

We deploy DDN’s Lustre and Infinia solutions to bridge the gap between HPC and AI. These advanced platforms optimise data orchestration and throughput, delivering the extreme performance needed to train massive models and process complex datasets efficiently.

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Unmatched Scalability for Massive AI & HPC Clusters

Using the proven scalability of Lustre, we are powering the largest global supercomputing clusters and AI labs. This architecture handles complex parallel processing at immense and unlimited scale, ensuring high-speed data access for groundbreaking scientific research and industrial innovation.

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Why Bull & DDN?

Bull provides advanced AI compute and HPC expertise, while DDN delivers the high-performance data platform required to feed AI workloads at scale, together removing bottlenecks across the entire stack.

It combines full-stack control, from compute to data, with proven performance and sovereign design principles, enabling organisations to deploy AI without compromise.

The joint solution ensures data residency, governance, and compliance through secure architectures designed for regulated and sensitive environments.

Yes, the infrastructure is designed to scale seamlessly from initial experimentation to full production AI deployments.

Yes, solutions are designed for flexibility, enabling consistent AI operations across on-premise, cloud, and edge environments. 

Public sector, healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and research organisations, anywhere performance, security, and compliance are critical.

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