NVIDIA Buys Slurm Creator SchedMD to Power the Backbone of AI and Supercomputing

NVIDIA has acquired SchedMD, the company behind Slurm, the world’s most widely used open-source workload manager for high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence, in a move aimed at strengthening the open-source software ecosystem that underpins modern AI infrastructure.

As part of the deal, NVIDIA said it will continue to develop, distribute and support Slurm as vendor-neutral open-source software, ensuring it remains broadly available across diverse hardware and software environments.

Slurm plays a critical role in managing large-scale computing clusters by handling queuing, scheduling and resource allocation for complex parallel workloads.

The software is already deeply embedded in global supercomputing infrastructure, powering more than half of the top 10 and top 100 systems on the TOP500 list. It is also a key component of generative AI infrastructure, used by foundation model developers to manage training and inference workloads at scale.

“We’re thrilled to join forces with NVIDIA, as this acquisition is the ultimate validation of Slurm’s critical role in the world’s most demanding HPC and AI environments,” said Danny Auble, CEO of SchedMD. “NVIDIA’s deep expertise and investment in accelerated computing will enhance the development of Slurm — which will continue to be open source — to meet the demands of the next generation of AI and supercomputing.”

NVIDIA will also continue providing open-source support, training and development services to SchedMD’s customer base, which spans cloud providers, AI companies, research labs and enterprises across sectors such as healthcare, energy, finance, manufacturing and government.