Cisco Expands AI Factory Infrastructure With Supermicro Partnership

Cisco has announced an expanded portfolio of Secure AI Factory solutions in partnership with Supermicro, targeting hyperscale, neocloud and sovereign cloud environments. The offering features Silicon One-based front-end switches, Nvidia Spectrum-X back-end switches, and liquid-cooled N9000 Series hardware compatible with high-density racks exceeding 200 kilowatts. The expanded Enterprise Reference Architectures aim to help organizations rapidly deploy Nvidia AI infrastructure with minimal risk. Cisco Validated Services will certify infrastructure alignment to reference standards, while Nvidia AI Enterprise software and AgentOps will integrate with existing enterprise tooling. Supermicro compute solutions launch in October 2026.