SharonAI Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries, a leading Australian Neocloud provider, has announced a investment partnership with Digital Alpha, a digital infrastructure investment firm known for building next-generation platforms through its exclusive technology partnership with Cisco. This new collaboration marks a major milestone for Sharon AI as it accelerates its mission to become a dominant force in enterprise-grade AI and high-performance cloud computing across Australia and the broader Asia-Pacific region.
Through a combination of equity participation and revenue-sharing investment, the partnership will enable Sharon AI to rapidly expand its AI and high-performance compute infrastructure footprint. As a result, the company will be better positioned to meet rising demand from enterprise, research, and government customers for NVIDIA-accelerated computing and advanced Cisco networking technologies. Moreover, the investment strengthens Sharon AI’s capacity to deliver critical AI workloads, including large-scale inference and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), which are increasingly central to modern enterprise AI strategies.
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“Sharon AI represents the next generation of cloud infrastructure providers delivering AI workloads and high-performance compute to enterprise and public sector customers,” said Rick Shrotri, Managing Partner at Digital Alpha. “We are excited to partner with the Sharon AI team to scale the Company across the Australia and Asia-Pacific region.”
At the core of Sharon AI’s offering is an enterprise-grade high-performance computing (HPC) platform purpose-built for AI. The company’s infrastructure supports complex use cases such as large language model training, fine-tuning, and real-time inference. In addition, the proprietary Sharon AI Cloud orchestration and automation platform simplifies the deployment and management of GPU-powered resources, allowing organizations to operationalize AI faster while maintaining performance, security, and sovereignty.
James Manning, Co-Founder and Chairman, Sharon AI, said, “This partnership with Digital Alpha and Cisco enables us to further accelerate customer deployments and expand our cloud infrastructure for enterprise AI and high-performance compute in Australia and Asia Pacific.”
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Furthermore, the three-way collaboration between Cisco, Digital Alpha, and Sharon AI is expected to unlock several strategic growth initiatives. These include faster AI infrastructure rollouts across Australia and Asia Pacific, deeper full-stack integration of compute, networking, and storage, and tailored solutions designed to meet the demanding requirements of enterprise, research institutions, and public sector agencies.
Cisco’s role is particularly significant, as its technology portfolio will underpin Sharon AI’s sovereign AI cloud capabilities. “Sharon AI is poised to lead the Australian enterprise AI space, delivering critical use cases like inference and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation). Powered by Cisco’s UCS servers, Nexus Hyperfabric switching, security, and observability stack, Sharon AI provides a sovereign, high-performance infrastructure for Australian businesses,” said Will Eatherton, SVP, Head of Networking Engineering, Cisco. “Cisco is thrilled to partner with Sharon AI to bring these advanced AI platforms to market.”
In parallel, the partnership reflects Digital Alpha’s broader investment strategy centered on next-generation digital and AI infrastructure. Backed by its close alignment with Cisco and its experience supporting companies such as Massed Compute, PacketFabric, and Cloudian, Digital Alpha continues to focus on building scalable, enterprise-grade compute, networking, and data platforms.
Ultimately, this strategic alliance positions Sharon AI to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of enterprise AI in the region. By combining advanced cloud architecture, sovereign infrastructure, and global investment expertise, the partners aim to deliver a powerful foundation for innovation, research, and digital transformation across Australia and Asia Pacific.
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