Spectrum Deploys AI Infrastructure at the Network Edge Using NVIDIA AI Grid

STAMFORD, Conn. — Spectrum is demonstrating enterprise-level, low-latency, remote NVIDIA AI infrastructure use cases built on NVIDIA RTX6000 PRO™ Blackwell Server Edition technology and a distributed AI Grid. The solution enables animation artists to render blockbuster-level CGI with GPU compute resources located nearby at the edge of Spectrum’s fiber-powered broadband network. The proximity of Spectrum’s ECI to studios, coupled with 100 Gbps low-latency fiber network, extends the power of the NVIDIA AI Grid to remote workstations.

Creating a movie means rendering hundreds of thousands of images or “frames,” which are stitched together to create the whole story. Developing each frame requires a huge amount of processing power. Coupled with the fact that centralized cloud environments can introduce latency that affect time-sensitive graphics processing and AI workloads, this can be a challenging technical problem to solve. By using NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs at the edge of Spectrum’s network, customers gain faster, more reliable access to NVIDIA AI infrastructure, empowering CGI artists to more efficiently create visual stories on a massive scale.

“Spectrum is supporting the next wave of enterprise workloads by providing connectivity and infrastructure for real-time applications,” said Rich DiGeronimo, President, Product and Technology, Spectrum. “Our advantage is our footprint, with more than 1 million miles of infrastructure delivering gig or greater speeds to tens of millions of residential, business and enterprise customers. We have the scale to deliver the speed, low latency and reliability that higher performance GPU and AI applications require. Our work with NVIDIA shows how connectivity companies can bring real-time graphics rendering performance closer to where it’s needed – not just in the entertainment industry, but across all industries.”

In this deployment, Spectrum leveraged NVIDIA’s AI Grid reference design, which provides operators with a unified hardware and software platform to build, deploy and manage GPUs and AI across distributed sites. The collaboration leverages Spectrum’s fiber broadband network and ECI, with the capacity to scale to hundreds of MW of power from more than 1,000 edge data centers and hubs located less than 10 milliseconds, and in some cases less than five milliseconds, of 500 million devices in homes and businesses connected to Spectrum’s network. New GPU and AI-native apps must operate with predictable latency, support high concurrency and deliver best cost per token at scale. This initial deployment showcases an extreme low-latency application with a uniquely decentralized Edge GPU solution.

“The shift to real-time, AI-native applications is driving the demand for distributed infrastructure that can deliver predictable low latency at scale,” said Chris Penrose, Global VP - Business Development - Telco at NVIDIA. “Spectrum’s fiber network and Edge Compute Infrastructure extends the power of the NVIDIA AI Grid to deliver performance where it is needed most—right where movies are made.”

As more industries rely on real-time, GPU-enabled applications, connectivity companies can play a significant role in supporting distributed intelligence, delivering new capabilities to enterprises and customers across the country.

About Spectrum

Spectrum is a suite of advanced communications services offered by Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR), a leading broadband connectivity company available to 58 million homes and small to large businesses across 41 states. Founded in 1993, Charter has evolved from providing cable TV to streaming, and from high-speed Internet to a converged broadband, WiFi and mobile experience. Over the Spectrum Fiber Broadband Network and supported by our 100% U.S.-based employees, the Company offers Seamless Connectivity and Entertainment with Spectrum Internet®, Mobile, TV and Voice products.

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