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The multi-year agreement will put Nvidia HGX B300 systems on IBM Cloud, with availability expected in the first quarter of 2027

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IBM $IBM and Together AI signed a multi-year $240 million agreement on Tuesday to build a large-scale AI inference cluster on IBM Cloud using Nvidia $NVDA hardware, the companies said.

The cluster is built around Nvidia HGX B300 systems paired with Nvidia Spectrum-X $TWTR Ethernet networking gear. IBM said it is the first dedicated, large-scale cluster built for inference on IBM Cloud using those systems. Availability is expected in the first quarter of 2027, the company said.