IBM signs $240M multi-year AI inference deal with Together AI

IBM agreed to a multi-year deal worth $240 million with Together AI to build a large inference cluster for open-source AI models on IBM Cloud. The cluster will use NVIDIA HGX B300 systems networked with NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet, with availability expected in Q1 2027. The deal adds a named AI infrastructure customer to IBM Cloud's pipeline.

• Deal value $240 million
• Multi-year term; exact length not disclosed
• NVIDIA HGX B300 systems with Spectrum-X Ethernet
• Expected availability in Q1 2027