Fortinet announced a Secure AI Data Center solution, built in close collaboration with leading technology partner Arista Networks, deployed at Monolithic Power Systems (MPS). This solution unites best-of-breed networking and security to deliver a validated, scalable, zero-trust architecture for the AI data center. The collaboration expands upon the Secure AI Data Center solution introduced by Fortinet, now enhanced through multivendor integration to provide the blueprint for deploying and scaling AI infrastructure with guaranteed performance, operational resilience, and security.
Key advantages of the multivendor architecture include: Modular best-of-breed design for maximum flexibility and long-term ROI; Hyperscale-grade performance optimized for AI training and inference; Zero-touch provisioning, enabling deployments up to 80% faster; Future-proof compute integration, supporting next-generation AI accelerators without redesigning infrastructure. By offloading HTTPS/TLS to Fortinet's ASIC, delivering up to 33x performance with sub-single-microsecond latency, server CPUs are freed from compute- and cache-heavy crypto, reserving cores and memory bandwidth for forward passes and token sampling. This cuts networking contention, reduces latency and jitter, boosts tokens-per-second, and tightens tail latencies under load.
These capabilities ensure organizations can scale AI with higher confidence, lower total cost, and greater performance resiliency. Integrated Multivendor Architecture: The collaboration delivers an integrated, scalable, and modular reference architecture designed to secure and accelerate every layer of the AI stack, from high-performance compute clusters and ultra-low-latency networking to storage, data pipelines, and LLM workloads. The alliance directly addresses these barriers by providing: Zero-trust protection from the network core through model inference; Hardware-accelerated security that improves AI performance; Open, modular architecture that eliminates vendor lock-in; Self-healing automation for real-time detection and remediation; Unified management across security and networking.
This solution empowers organizations to scale AI confidently while reducing cost, complexity, and operational risk. Through this joint effort, MPS has leveraged the Fortinet security ecosystem as a core foundation for securely building and consuming AI services across its global operations. MPS collaborates closely with Fortinet to design and operate an AI data center infrastructure that meets the performance and scale demands of modern, compute-intensive workloads.
By co-developing and validating the architecture with Fortinet, MPS demonstrates how the Fortinet Secure AI Data Center solution can help organizations adopt an AI-ready infrastructure that is secure, scalable, and aligned with real-world deployment and operational requirements. The solution further underscores the openness and collaborative capabilities of the Fortinet Security Fabric and the FortinetOpen Ecosystem, enabling integrated, automated solutions that converge advanced networking, security, and AI infrastructure. The solution leverages FortinetFabric-Ready technology partner Arista Networks to accelerate AI innovation.
Partner Perspectives: "AI is transforming every aspect of business, from product design to supply chain management, while introducing new operational challenges.
