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On August 25, 2026, AMD and IBM Cloud announced a strategic collaboration to integrate Instinct MI400--series accelerators into the IBM watsonx AI and data platform. This partnership enables enterprise clients to utilize AMD's high--performance compute for the training and scaling of foundation models within IBM's hybrid cloud environment. The initiative is designed to offer a "cost--effective, open--ecosystem alternative" for generative AI workloads, with initial availability in North American and European data center regions expected by November 2026.