Rackspace Enters Multi-Year Agreement With Blacksmith To Provide Dedicated Compute With Storage Representing ~2 MW Of Capacity In Northern Virginia From Early 2027

Rackspace will provide dedicated compute, powered by AMD EPYC CPUs, together with storage representing approximately 2 MW of capacity in Northern Virginia. The capacity is expected to begin deploying in early 2027, providing Blacksmith with a long-term partner to accelerate software delivery lifecycles and power the modern wave of AI-driven software development.

Accelerating Continuous Integration to Keep Pace with Machine-Speed Software Generation

The increasing adoption of AI coding tools and autonomous agents is now driving growth for Blacksmith as development teams seek to accelerate software delivery. With AI models now generating substantial pull requests and drafting thousands of lines of code in seconds, the constraint is no longer writing code, it is verifying whether that AI-generated code is built and tested before it can be merged. This is rapidly increasing demand for continuous integration (CI) workloads and creating new challenges for development teams seeking to maintain efficient testing and deployment pipelines.

Blacksmith already delivers fast, cost-efficient continuous integration experiences to its customers. By partnering with Rackspace for proven, scalable network, data center, and infrastructure management, Blacksmith can remain focused on optimizing its platform while scaling its infrastructure to support anticipated customer demand.