AMD landed the partnership with HCLTech, ranked No. 16 on CRN’s 2025 Solution Provider 500 list, as it ramps up channel investments to continue putting pressure on Intel in the CPU market and challenging Nvidia with increasingly powerful data center GPUs for AI.
AMD said Tuesday it has entered a strategic alliance with global systems integrator HCLTech to deliver advanced AI and cloud solutions for enterprise customers.
The two companies are expected to co-invest in innovation labs and training programs that they said will “provide enterprises with innovative tools that unlock new business opportunities and enhance operational efficiency.”
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AMD landed the partnership with HCLTech, ranked No. 16 on CRN’s 2025 Solution Provider 500 list, as the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company ramps up channel investments to continue putting pressure on Intel in the CPU market and challenging Nvidia with increasingly powerful data center GPUs for AI.
With more than 220,000 employees and over 60 innovation labs across 60 countries, HCLTech provides a wide range of technology services, including generative and agentic AI development, to customers in more than a dozen industries, such as automotive, consumer goods, manufacturing, retail and financial services.
The innovation labs being run by AMD and HCLTech are meant to “serve as testbeds for advanced technologies,” including the chip designer’s EPYC server CPUs, Ryzen Pro processors for PCs and Instinct data center GPUs.
AMD Chair and CEO Lisa Su said the company will combine these technologies with HCLTech’s digital transformation expertise to “provide enterprises with customized, future-ready solutions that maximize the potential of AI, cloud computing and advanced analytics.”
C. Vijayakumar, HCLTech’s CEO and managing director, said the company is “collaborating closely” with ecosystem partners such as AMD to “deliver a full-stack, cloud-native innovation from silicon to application.”
“This partnership empowers our clients to make smarter technology investments and accelerate their digital and AI-led transformations with confidence,” he said in a statement.
