Zadara

Zadara

Managed cloud services for edge AI

About Zadara

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Why Zadara is rated
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Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Enterprise Software

Cybersecurity

AI & Machine Learning

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$54.9M

Headquarters

Irvine, California

Founded

2011

Overview

Zadara provides managed cloud services for compute, storage, and networking delivered as-a-service to enterprises. It operates a global network of edge cloud locations offering AI edge clouds with data sovereignty and secure, isolated data handling. The platform uses a click-to-provision interface to grant scalable infrastructure without large upfront hardware costs, backed by a distributed edge-first architecture. Its goal is to give enterprises reliable, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure for edge computing and sovereign AI while minimizing capital expenditure.

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What believers are saying

  • DDN partnership integrates EXAScaler for GPU-intensive AI scaling in March 2026.
  • BCN launches Africa's first Neutral AI Factory in Nigeria using Zadara.
  • Alerify deploys private sovereign AI clouds in Pennsylvania since January 2026.

What critics are saying

  • NVIDIA prioritizes hyperscalers, starving Zadara's edge GPU supply in 6-12 months.
  • CoreWeave undercuts OpEx pricing by 70%, poaching telco customers in 12-18 months.
  • DDN Horizon launch commoditizes Zadara's storage post-March 2026 partnership.

What makes Zadara unique

  • Zadara delivers sovereign AI edge clouds with 500+ global locations.
  • Multi-tenant platform aligns with NVIDIA Reference Guide for isolation.
  • Virtual Private Storage Arrays ensure dedicated resources and predictable performance.

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Total Funding

$54.9M

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Company News

HPCwire
Mar 19th, 2026
DDN and Zadara power sovereign, Multi-Tenant AI Factories built on NVIDIA Reference architecture.

DDN and Zadara power sovereign, Multi-Tenant AI Factories built on NVIDIA Reference architecture. March 19, 2026 Press play to listen to this content SAN JOSE, Calif., March 19, 2026 - DDN and Zadara have announced a strategic technology partnership to deliver high-performance AI infrastructure for sovereign clouds and multi-tenant AI factories, built on NVIDIA Reference Designs for multi-tenant clouds. This partnership is a key component of DDN's enterprise AI strategy, which is built around two pillars: * Enterprise AI at scale * A growing ecosystem of partners committed to making AI infrastructure easier to deploy, faster to operationalize, and more affordable to run. By partnering with innovators like Zadara, DDN is accelerating its mission to make enterprise AI accessible, affordable, and fast - not just for hyperscalers, but for service providers, telcos, regulated industries, and global enterprises that need sovereign control, predictable performance, and secure multi-tenant operations. As NVIDIA accelerates the global evolution of AI infrastructure through standardized reference architectures, enterprises, service providers, and telcos are increasingly focused on deploying software-defined AI factories that deliver predictable performance, rapid time-to-value, and secure multi-tenant operations across sovereign, private, and hybrid environments. The DDN-Zadara partnership directly addresses these requirements by combining Zadara's AI-optimized, cloud-native orchestration and GPU-aware infrastructure platform, built-on NVIDIA Reference Designs for Multi-Tenant Clouds, with DDN EXAScaler's proven performance for large-scale AI training and inference. Together, the two companies will enable service providers, telcos, and enterprises to deploy NVIDIA-powered, AI infrastructure quickly, securely, and efficiently - while maintaining full control over compliance, cost, tenant isolation, and performance SLAs. A Unified Foundation for Sovereign AI and Multi-Tenant AI Factories Zadara's platform is designed to abstract the operational complexity of AI infrastructure while preserving the performance and governance requirements demanded by sovereign and multi-tenant environments. The company supports secure GPU networking, policy-based orchestration, and strong and secure tenant segmentation with native alignment to NVIDIA guidance on best practices for GPU virtualization and allocation. Through this partnership, DDN EXAScaler will serve as the high-performance AI data layer for Zadara's AI Factory and sovereign cloud deployments - enabling consistent throughput, massive concurrency, and predictable scaling for GPU-intensive workloads. Making Enterprise AI Practical: Accessible, Affordable, and Fast Enterprise AI adoption is accelerating - but many organizations still face the same core blockers: * High infrastructure complexity * Unpredictable GPU performance * Data locality and compliance requirements * Multi-tenant governance and operational control * Cost and time-to-value constraints This partnership directly addresses those barriers by delivering an integrated, production-ready foundation for real-world AI factories- where the AI stack is not only powerful, but also operationally scalable. While many AI factory strategies remain theoretical, Zadara and DDN are focused on delivering real-world deployments that customers can operationalize immediately, including containerized AI stacks, high-performance GPU networking, and multi-tenant controls required by regulated industries and national AI initiatives. NVIDIA GTC Launch + Go-To-Market "AI factories are the new operating model for modern enterprises and service providers - but they only succeed when the data layer can keep GPUs productive at scale," said Alex Bouzari, CEO and Co-Founder at DDN. "Partnering with Zadara is part of DDN's broader enterprise AI strategy and ecosystem commitment - making AI infrastructure more accessible, affordable, and fast for enterprises that need sovereign control and multi-tenant performance. Together, we're delivering a proven path to deploy NVIDIA-powered AI factories with performance, security, and operational confidence." "NVIDIA reference designs are accelerating the broad adoption of AI factories. Yet organizations need a cloud-native platform that can operationalize them simply and efficiently in real-world, multi-tenant environments while complying with data sovereignty regulations," said Yoram Novick, CEO at Zadara. "DDN EXAScaler brings the high-performance AI data foundation needed to meet demanding sovereign and enterprise requirements while Zadara delivers the orchestration, isolation, and policy control required to deploy AI infrastructure quickly, securely, and efficiently." Why This Partnership Matters * AI Factories are becoming the default infrastructure model for enterprises, telcos, and cloud service providers. * Sovereign and multi-tenant deployments require tenant isolation, compliance, and predictable SLAs - not just raw performance. * Tenant isolation spans across storage, compute and networking in tight integration. * AI infrastructure must be delivered as an integrated system - GPU + networking + data, with orchestration and policy built in. * Enterprise AI must be practical, with faster time-to-value and a clear path to production - not months of integration work. Together, DDN and Zadara deliver a production-ready foundation for sovereign, multi-tenant AI factories - combining the high-performance AI data layer required to keep GPUs fully utilized with the cloud-native orchestration, policy control, and tenant isolation required to operate AI infrastructure securely at scale. The joint solution enables customers to deploy AI infrastructure powered by NVIDIA to: * DDN EXAScaler performance at scale, delivering high throughput and massive concurrency for training, inference, checkpointing, and large dataset pipelines * Cloud-native multi-tenant orchestration, including GPU-performance-aware scheduling and automation * Policy-based segmentation and sovereign controls, supporting compliance, tenant isolation, and data locality requirements * Integration with NVIDIA networking and DPU technologies, enabling secure, high-performance AI factory architectures * Predictable performance SLAs and faster time-to-value, reducing operational complexity while accelerating AI deployment across enterprise and service provider environments DDN is the world's leading provider of AI data storage and data management platforms, powering over 20 years of innovation across HPC, enterprise, and the largest AI deployments on Earth. With its EXA, Infinia, and intelligent data management platforms, DDN delivers unmatched performance, scale, and business value for customers building next-generation AI factories, hyperscale clouds, and Sovereign AI initiatives. DDN is the trusted partner for thousands of the world's most data-intensive organizations, including the leading national labs, research institutions, enterprises, hyperscalers, financial firms, and autonomous vehicle innovators. For more information, visit www.ddn.com. About Zadara Zadara is a leading provider of sovereign AI edge clouds offering a revolutionary distributed cloud platform that simplifies operational complexity and enables seamless multi-tenancy through automated end-to-end provisioning of compute, storage, and networking. With over 500 edge cloud locations worldwide and with the ability to deploy a cloud in any location, Zadara's clouds are uniquely positioned to meet the unique demands of various cloud-based use cases, including sovereign cloud and AI inference at the edge for service providers and the modern enterprise. Zadara clouds are AWS compatible and feature consumption-based pricing with zero data egress fees. Zadara's fully-managed clouds are designed to accommodate any workload, anywhere - whether on-premises, hybrid, multi-cloud or at the edge. Zadara operates worldwide with a highly skilled team that provides 24/7 follow-the-sun support and services. Zadara is headquartered in Irvine, California. ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, March 19, 2026 - The Technology Innovation Institute (TII), the... March 18, 2026 - Smaller than the full-size system, the EAS gives NERSC staff and... SEOUL and SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 18, 2026 - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced... March 18, 2026 - Giga Computing, a subsidiary of GIGABYTE and a leader in accelerated... SAN JOSE, Calif., March 18, 2026 - DDN has announced the launch of DDN Horizon,... March 18, 2026 - Today's state-of-the-art quantum computers rely on powerful classical high-performance computers for control,...

Yahoo Finance
Mar 16th, 2026
Zadara aligns multi-tenant AI cloud platform with NVIDIA Software Reference Guide

Zadara, a sovereign AI cloud leader, announced its multi-tenant AI cloud platform has aligned with NVIDIA's Software Reference Guide. The company will present the architecture at NVIDIA GTC 2026 in San Jose from 17–21 March. The platform implements key design principles including full-stack workload isolation, network partitioning, per-tenant data separation and VM-based GPU tenancy. It supports NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet networking and BlueField DPUs. Zadara's platform underpins its Neutral AI Factory model, allowing regional cloud providers, telcos and data centres to maximise GPU utilisation whilst enabling managed service providers and enterprises to access sovereign AI-as-a-Service. The approach shifts AI infrastructure from a capital expenditure burden to an operational expenditure opportunity, according to CEO Yoram Novick.

GlobeNewswire
Jan 27th, 2026
Alerify Partners with Zadara to Bring Multi-Tenant Private Sovereign AI Clouds Powered by NVIDIA GPUs to Central Pennsylvania Businesses

Alerify partners with Zadara to bring multi-tenant private sovereign AI clouds powered by NVIDIA gpus to Central Pennsylvania businesses. January 27, 2026 08:03 ET | Source: Zadara Harrisburg, PA and Irvine, CA, Jan. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Alerify, Pennsylvania's leading Tier 3, SOC 2 Certified data center and next-generation cloud automation platform, today announced a new partnership with Zadara, the sovereign AI cloud leader. This collaboration marks a major step forward in Alerify's mission to deliver secure, scalable, and fully sovereign private artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. Together, the companies will deliver an integrated solution that simplifies cloud operations, reduces infrastructure costs, and enables enterprises to securely accelerate AI adoption across their VMware and hybrid cloud environments. In an increasingly complex digital landscape, Alerify had its pick of global partners to power its new AI Edge platform. Zadara's reputation as an industry leader in private, sovereign cloud infrastructure combined with its NVIDIA GPU-powered compute made them the ideal partner. With Zadara, Alerify is now bringing next-generation AI capabilities to small, medium, and enterprise organizations that require both high performance and complete data control. "We chose Zadara because our clients deserve AI solutions that are private, secure, and designed around their business." said Andy Kochanowski, PhD, Founder and CEO of Alerify. "Zadara shares our values of security, scalability, and innovation. Together, we're going to give businesses access to the power of AI while ensuring their data stays private, local, secure, and compliant. This partnership allows us to deliver all the benefits of the cloud without the risks or the continuously increasing costs." Through this partnership, Alerify's AI Edge platform provides businesses across Central Pennsylvania and throughout the world with the tools to deploy private AI models on sovereign AI servers within Alerify's Harrisburg data center. The collaboration introduces a seamless path for enterprises looking to operationalize AI workloads whether training, fine-tuning, inference or deploying models at scale ensuring that businesses can innovate faster, reduce operational costs, and maintain full autonomy over their data while still benefiting from world-class AI infrastructure. "Partnering with Alerify represents a powerful alignment of mission and technology," said Yoram Novick, CEO of Zadara. "Organizations need AI infrastructure that delivers performance without compromising sovereignty or cost. By combining Zadara's sovereign AI cloud with Alerify's innovative AI Edge platform, we're giving our joint customers a secure and scalable foundation to accelerate their AI strategies on their terms and under their control." Empowering Pennsylvania's Digital Future Alerify is shaping the future of AI-powered infrastructure for the Mid-Atlantic. It is helping businesses modernize operations, enhance cybersecurity, and accelerate digital transformation without compromising compliance or control. "Our goal has always been to empower local and regional organizations with the same world-class technology used by the biggest enterprises," added Kochanowski. "With Zadara, we're able to do exactly that right here in Central Pennsylvania." About Alerify Alerify is a full-service Tier 3, SOC 2 Certified data center based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. They provide secure, scalable colocation, virtual private cloud, business continuity, and AI Edge solutions. Known for exceptional service and community-focused values, Alerify helps businesses across the country innovate safely and confidently. About Zadara Zadara (https://www.zadara.com) is a leading provider of sovereign AI edge clouds offering a revolutionary distributed cloud platform that simplifies operational complexity and enables seamless multi-tenancy through automated end-to-end provisioning of compute, storage, and networking. With over 500 edge cloud locations worldwide and with the ability to deploy a cloud in any location, Zadara's clouds are uniquely positioned to meet the unique demands of various cloud-based use cases, including sovereign cloud and AI inference at the edge for service providers and the modern enterprise. Zadara clouds are AWS compatible and feature consumption-based pricing with zero data egress fees. Zadara's fully-managed clouds are designed to accommodate any workload, anywhere - whether on-premises, hybrid, multi-cloud or at the edge. Zadara operates worldwide with a highly skilled team that provides 24/7 follow-the-sun support and services. Zadara is headquartered in Irvine, California.

IT News Africa
Nov 26th, 2025
BCN Partners with Zadara & Touchnet to Launch Africa's First Neutral AI Factory

BCN partners with Zadara & touchnet to launch Africa's first Neutral AI Factory. Backbone Connectivity Network (BCN), a premier wholesale open access digital service provider, and Zadara announced a partnership to launch Africa's first Neutral Multi-Tenant AI Factory powered by NVIDIA GPUs. The new platform will enable cloud providers across Africa to provision secure, scalable and cost-efficient AI-ready clouds to meet rising customer demand. Many cloud providers across Africa are experiencing growing demand for AI services. However, most struggle to afford the large-scale infrastructure investments required to build competitive AI clouds without upfront customer commitments, while customers, in turn, are reluctant to commit before such AI clouds are operational. The Zadara-powered Neutral AI Factory, launching in Nigeria, helps cloud providers overcome the high upfront costs typically required to build competitive AI infrastructure. As one of the first NVIDIA design and integration partners to support multi-tenancy for high-performance, scalable NVIDIA AI factories by adhering to NVIDIA reference architecture for multi-tenant AI clouds. Zadara's multi-tenancy empowers BCN to provision AI clouds for cloud providers starting from a compact form factor with seamless scalability. This flexible model allows cloud providers to efficiently deploy AI clouds of any size, fulfilling growing AI demand without making significant upfront capital investments. "We congratulate BCN and Zadara on their partnership and wish them every success in developing state-of-the-art computing in West Africa," said Yassin Bendjebbour, Team Lead, Digital Investment Facility, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), on behalf of DIF-AfIDA. B CNis supported by the Digital Investment Facility-African Infrastructure Development Association Digital Catapult, which is aimed at assisting the speed and success of innovative African digital infrastructure developers. The Digital Investment Facility (DIF) is part of the Team Europe Data Governance in Africa Initiative under the EU Global Gateway Strategy, funded by the European Commission, Finland and Germany, and implemented by GIZ German Development Agency and Haus Finland. "Our partnership with Zadara enables us to deliver Africa's first Neutral AI Factory," said Ibrahim Dikko, CEO of BCN. "Cloud providers across Africa need a trusted partner to supply the AI cloud infrastructure that powers their services. BCN requires multi-tenant AI cloud software capable of provisioning secure, cost-effective, and business-specific AI clouds from our Neutral AI Factory. Together with Zadara, we are making that vision a reality." "We're excited to partner with BCN to launch Africa's first Neutral Multi-Tenant AI Factory. Together, we're combining BCN's Neutral Factory, Zadara's advanced multi-tenancy software, and NVIDIA's industry-leading AI platform to help cloud providers across the continent accelerate their transformation into the AI era. This collaboration delivers scalable, secure, and cost-efficient AI that fosters innovation and drives digital growth throughout Africa." Yoram Novick, CEO of Zadara, concluded.

CityBiz
Nov 18th, 2025
Harbor and Zadara Unveil NVIDIA-Powered Multi-Tenant Sovereign AI Cloud for Australian Enterprises

Harbor and Zadara unveil nvidia-powered multi-tenant Sovereign AI Cloud for Australian enterprises. Harbor Solutions, a UK-based Managed Service Provider (MSP) and cyber resilience provider, and Zadara, a leader in sovereign AI edge clouds powered by NVIDIA GPUs, have expanded their long-standing partnership to support channel partners across Australia and New Zealand selling IT and AI solutions to enterprises. This collaboration aligns with the launch of Harbor's new Australian presence, strengthening local access to secure, scalable infrastructure and managed recovery services. Harbor and Zadara have jointly delivered production-grade infrastructure for channel partners across the UK - supporting hybrid workloads, secure multi-tenancy, real-time scaling, and simplified service delivery. Their shared platform eliminates traditional CapEx barriers, enabling channel partners to launch services faster for their customers, meet stringent SLAs, and grow on a flexible, pay-as-you-go model. Multi-tenant Sovereign AI Cloud: In-country, fully managed compute, storage, and networking designed to meet strict data residency and compliance requirements. Designed from the ground-up for AI: Leveraging NVIDIA GPUs and NVIDIA applications such as NIM, Triton Inference Server, NVIDIA NeMo, and NVIDIA RAPIDS. VMware Alternative & Migration Path: A modern replacement for legacy VMware deployments, with enterprise-grade performance and operational continuity. Embedded Cyber Resilience: Built-in backup and disaster recovery services, tuned for channel partner use cases and underpinned by Harbor's expertise in delivering Rubrik-based solutions. OpEx-Only Commercial Model: True consumption-based pricing ensures alignment with recurring revenue models - ideal for scaling services without capital risk. Local Presence, Global Infrastructure: Harbor's ANZ operation combined with Zadara's global edge cloud footprint delivers enterprise-class performance backed by regional support. "Our partnership with Zadara allows us to deliver new levels of performance, resilience, and sovereignty for our customers," said James Harris, CEO, of Harbor Solutions. "Channel partners today need more than just traditional IT; they need multi-tenant AI clouds that are secure, cost-effective and tailored to their businesses. Together with Zadara, we're bringing exactly that to our customers" "We've engineered this platform to help channel partners deliver sovereign, secure, and scalable services for AI workloads as well as traditional workloads without the infrastructure burden," said Paul Bennett, APAC Sales, Zadara. Services are available now through Harbor's ANZ team. About Zadara Zadara (https://www.zadara.com) is a leading provider of sovereign AI edge clouds offering a revolutionary distributed cloud platform that simplifies operational complexity and enables seamless multi-tenancy through automated end-to-end provisioning of compute, storage, and networking. With over 500 edge cloud locations worldwide and with the ability to deploy a cloud in any location, Zadara's clouds are uniquely positioned to meet the unique demands of various cloud-based use cases, including sovereign cloud and AI inference at the edge for service providers and the modern enterprise. Zadara clouds are AWS compatible and feature consumption-based pricing with zero data egress fees. Zadara's fully-managed clouds are designed to accommodate any workload, anywhere - whether on-premises, hybrid, multi-cloud or at the edge. Zadara operates worldwide with a highly skilled team that provides 24/7 follow-the-sun support and services. Zadara is headquartered in Irvine, California. About Harbor Solutions Harbor Solutions Limited (harborsolutions.com) is a globally trusted provider of end-to-end data protection services, with a core focus on backup, cyber and disaster recovery, designed to safeguard businesses from cyber threats and operational disruptions. We offer a range of tailored solutions that integrate with your existing infrastructure, ensuring business continuity and data security in a cost-effective and scalable manner. Founded in 2014 by industry experts Harbor Solutions offers services across multiple vendors and platforms and was awarded the Rubrik Global MSP of the Year award in 2024.

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