Q.ANT brings photonic AI to cloud
IONOS becomes Q.ANT’s first commercial cloud partner for its photonic AI processor deployment.
Q.ANT has announced a collaboration with IONOS to deploy its Native Processing Server (NPS) within a commercial cloud environment, marking an important milestone in the commercialisation of photonic computing.
IONOS, a European cloud provider serving millions of customers across multiple markets, will integrate Q.ANT’s photonic AI accelerator into its infrastructure, allowing customers to access photonic processing alongside traditional CPU and GPU resources.
The system is based on Q.ANT’s second-generation Native Processing Unit (NPU), built on Thin-Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN) photonic integrated circuit technology.
It is designed to operate as a co-processor for selected AI workloads, rather than replacing existing GPU architectures.
Q.ANT reports up to 50x performance gains in benchmark testing for its second-generation device compared to its earlier generation, along with improved energy efficiency for targeted AI tasks.
The deployment follows earlier research installations in European supercomputing centres and represents Q.ANT’s first commercial cloud customer integration.
