Case Study: Örebro University advances AI research with Proact

Making AI available and useful for all science

Örebro University, a Swedish academic institution, had a challenge with its limited and fragmented computational resources for AI research. Their goal was to provide more powerful, unified AI tools and make them accessible to researchers across non-technical fields. To address this, they partnered with vendor Proact to procure a new computing resource.

Proact implemented a solution based on the ONTAP AI reference architecture, which integrated a powerful NVIDIA-powered computing server with upgraded NetApp storage. This provided a significant performance boost, enhanced security, and a cost-effective upgrade path. The result was a scalable, centralized resource that enabled wider AI adoption across the university. Proact's deployment was seamless, and the university complemented the large system with smaller GPU servers for training, successfully lowering the barrier to entry for researchers.

Örebro University

Hans Jevrell

Enterprise Architect