Hewlett Packard Enterprise and NVIDIA have expanded their partnership to deliver integrated AI infrastructure combining hardware, software, and cloud management. The collaboration centres on HPE AI Factory with NVIDIA, a turnkey solution merging HPE's compute, storage, and networking with NVIDIA's GPUs, CPUs, and AI Enterprise software. The companies jointly developed HPE Private Cloud AI for secure deployment of generative and agentic AI applications in on-premises or hybrid environments. HPE is launching AI-optimised servers, including the ProLiant Compute DL394 Gen12 powered by NVIDIA's Vera CPU. HPE faces competition from Super Micro Computer and Dell Technologies, which also partner with NVIDIA. Super Micro Computer's modular Building Block architecture and over 3,200 research and development engineers enable rapid product customisation and faster time-to-market for AI deployments.

Rigetti Computing will supply a 9-qubit Novera quantum computing system to Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center's new TangleLab testbed, funded by a $5 million National Science Foundation grant. The project expands Rigetti's collaboration with HPE to develop quantum-enabled high-performance computing systems. The testbed will integrate the quantum system with classical HPC infrastructure. PSC will allocate access through a competitive proposal process, supporting both dedicated research and educational purposes. Rigetti CEO Dr Subodh Kulkarni emphasised the system's fast gate speeds, characteristic of superconducting quantum systems. HPE's role involves unifying quantum processors with HPC, AI, and advanced networking technologies. PSC will provide onboarding, training, and research consulting to help users operate the hybrid quantum-classical system.

HPE has appointed David Goulden to its board of directors, effective immediately. He will join the board's Finance & Investment Committee and HR & Compensation Committee. Goulden brings over 35 years of experience in technology leadership. He most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Booking Holdings, the global online travel company. Previously, Goulden spent more than a decade in senior roles at EMC Corporation, serving as CFO, COO, and CEO of its Information Infrastructure business. After Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016, he became President of the combined company's Infrastructure Solutions Group. He also previously served on VMware's board. HPE chair Pat Russo praised Goulden's expertise across enterprise technology, finance, operations, and mergers and acquisitions as valuable assets for advancing the company's strategy.