F5 Boosts AI Infra with NVIDIA BlueField-4 DPUs for Gigascale

F5 has expanded its BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes solution, now supporting the newly unveiled NVIDIA BlueField-4 Data Processing Unit (DPU). This strategic integration enhances AI-driven networking and security, empowering enterprises to build and manage gigascale AI factories with unprecedented efficiency.

By combining F5 BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes with NVIDIA AI infrastructure, organizations can experience lightning-fast speeds of up to 800 Gb/s, enabling intelligent control, superior security, and multi-tenant networking for high-performance AI workloads.

The NVIDIA BlueField-4 DPU represents a major leap in AI infrastructure, giving enterprises the tools to handle token-rich applications, accelerate decisions, and secure massive data transfers. With F5 BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes on BlueField-4, companies can streamline traffic management, enhance security, and achieve faster Time to First Token (TTFT), intelligent routing, and zero-trust architecture all crucial for today’s agentic and autonomous AI systems.

This integration introduces several transformative capabilities for AI environments, including:

• Enhanced performance and security: Delivers over 30% improvement in token generation capacity while maintaining cloud-grade performance.
• Optimized LLM inference: Integration with NVIDIA Dynamo and KV Cache Manager reduces latency and optimizes GPU usage for large AI models.
• Advanced intelligent routing: NVIDIA NIM microservices enable dynamic workload distribution for better customer outcomes.
• Granular token governance: Offers deeper visibility into token usage for compliance and risk management.
• Scalable Model Context Protocol (MCP): Ensures faster and more secure AI deployment.
• Zero-trust security: Leverages the NVIDIA DOCA Platform Framework (DPF) for tenant segmentation and secure distributed AI systems.
• Customizable applications: Supports AI-specific programmability using F5 iRules for workload and security customization.

As autonomous AI systems continue to evolve, AI-driven DPUs have become vital to scaling large AI factories. Together, F5’s platform and NVIDIA BlueField-4 create a robust technical foundation for the next generation of goal-oriented, intelligent AI systems.

With this collaboration, enterprises and cloud operators can scale AI deployments seamlessly without compromising on performance or security. The partnership sets a new benchmark for AI infrastructure built for the future.

“Organizations worldwide are looking for scalable solutions that can meet the rapidly increasing demands of AI applications while maintaining leading security. The integration of BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes with NVIDIA BlueField-4 DPUs delivers unmatched performance and reliability, helping enterprises build AI-driven systems that respond smarter, faster, and more securely.”

John Maddison, Chief Marketing Officer at F5

“Enterprise AI factories are where intelligence is built, trained, and deployed at unprecedented scale, demanding secure, adaptive, and resilient infrastructure. Combined with NVIDIA BlueField-4, F5 BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes provides intelligent AI application delivery and security that supports token processing with trust and precision to help enterprises scale production AI.”

Kevin Deierling, Senior Vice President of Networking at NVIDIA