New compute lineup joins Alletra Storage MP X10000 object storage certification

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) made a series of Nvidia-related updates to its computing portfolio, including a liquid-cooled compute blade.

Showcased at GTC 2026, the GX240 compute blade is built on Nvidia’s Vera next-generation CPU line. Each blade contains 16 Vera CPUs, with HPE offering an option to scale up to 40 blades – for a total of 640 CPUs.

HPE also expanded customer choice options for networking, providing more options for its large-scale systems. Chief among these is that customers can now opt for InfiniBand via Quantum-X800 switches for use in its GX5000 platform that was unveiled last November.

HPE also unveiled an Open Compute Project (OCP)‑inspired server line inspired by Nvidia’s HGX Rubin NVL8. This compact offering is designed to offer higher GPU density per-rack while taking up much less space to power AI training and inference workloads. Each rack of the new Compute XD700 servers supports up to 128 Rubin GPUs to provide what HPE claims is double the GPU density compared to the previous generation.

“Our continued collaboration with Nvidia helps customers tap into the high-performance density they need to push the boundaries in the fields of medicine, life sciences, engineering, manufacturing, and more,” Trish Damkroger, SVP and GM for HPC and AI infrastructure solutions at HPE, explained.

HPE also revealed its Alletra Storage MP X10000 solution was the first object storage system to achieve Nvidia’s certified Storage validation for object-based systems at the Foundation level.

Debuted last summer, the MP X10000’s certification milestone means it meets the performance and reliability requirements to support AI workloads, and Nvidia accelerated computing environments of up to 128 GPUs.

“AI infrastructure performance ultimately depends on how efficiently data can reach accelerated computing environments,” Jim O’Dorisio, HPE’s SVP and GM for storage, noted. “Becoming the first object storage platform to achieve Nvidia-certified storage validation underscores the critical role object storage now plays in AI architectures and validates the design of HPE Alletra Storage MP X10000 as a foundation for enterprise AI data platforms.”

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