Concerns about the AI ecosystem following Nvidia deal

Nvidia acquired SchedMD late last year, gaining control of the open-source scheduler Slurm.

Slurm is widely used across supercomputers and for training large AI models, making the acquisition influential for AI infrastructure.

Experts told Reuters they worry Nvidia might favor its own hardware in Slurm development, though Nvidia says Slurm will remain open source.

Others note Nvidia’s resources could speed Slurm’s modernization and support for new applications.

Organizations are monitoring Nvidia’s future Slurm development to judge the platform’s neutrality.