Aalborg University’s New AI Research Cloud
Aalborg University partners with VAST and Advania to build a unified, multi-petabyte cloud for advanced AI research.
Industry
Higher Education
Use Case
High Performance Computing (HPC)
Overview
Aalborg University (AAU) is a leading Danish research institution known for its problem-based learning model. It drives cutting-edge innovation across sustainability, healthcare, and engineering, recently modernizing its infrastructure to support advanced, data-intensive AI research pipelines.
Solutions
VAST and Advania Denmark provided Aalborg University with a unified, multi-petabyte-scale AI research environment powered by the VAST AI OS. This on-premises infrastructure consolidates legacy systems to deliver continuous data availability directly to GPU workloads.
Results
The deployment eliminates data movement across fragmented pipelines, drastically reducing operational overhead and total cost of ownership. It establishes a secure, multi-tenant foundation that accelerates discovery and natively supports advanced AI workflows like RAG and vector analysis.
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