capital · May 15, 2026
IBM Announces Red Hat AI Inference and OpenShift Virtualization Services on IBM Cloud
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IBM launched Red Hat AI Inference and Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Service as managed offerings on IBM Cloud on May 12, 2026, to accelerate AI adoption in hybrid environments. Red Hat AI Inference incorporates governance controls for real-time inferencing, supporting models up to 70 billion parameters across 50 data centers worldwide. OpenShift Virtualization enables secure VM migration with Kubernetes orchestration, reducing deployment times from weeks to days compared to legacy VMware setups. IBM's Red Hat acquisition in 2019 for $34 billion now powers over 4,000 enterprise AI workloads annually.