NVIDIA AI Factory for Government - Overview#
Across the federal landscape, agencies face unique challenges in bringing the power of artificial intelligence to mission critical environments. Despite AI’s transformative potential, adoption has been constrained by stringent data security requirements, the complexity of compliance processes, and the cost and risk associated with deploying scalable solutions. Data subject to federal privacy regulations often resides in restricted enclaves, creating silos that limit collaboration and innovation. Meanwhile, existing AI deployments in government are often bespoke, tailored to the needs of a single program, leading to inefficiencies and limited cross agency utility.
The NVIDIA AI Factory for Government reference design is purpose built to solve these challenges. By integrating NVIDIA’s accelerated computing, high performance networking, NVIDIA-Certified Systems and Storage, Nemotron models, NVIDIA AI Enterprise government-ready software, and a broad partner ecosystem, the platform provides a full stack architecture designed for government grade deployments. It delivers a consistent and repeatable foundation for building AI factories that scale efficiently while meeting federal compliance and security requirements.
This reference design gives agencies the ability to deploy and manage heterogeneous AI workloads including agentic AI, reasoning AI, and high performance computing while maintaining software alignment with FIPS 140-3 validated cryptographic modules, STIG hardened configurations through NVIDIA AI Enterprise. Drawing from multiple customer deployments and NVIDIA’s experience in operating its own AI Factory, this reference design provides guidance for building and operating an AI Factory from infrastructure to orchestration, ensuring scalability and an accelerated path to mission value For government stakeholders, it unlocks a secure and reliable foundation for deploying modern AI at scale, particularly in sovereign or high assurance environments.
Benefits of the NVIDIA AI Factory for Government Reference Design
Mission critical security and compliance: Pre-hardened with DISA STIG configurations, FIPS 140-3 validated cryptography, NIST 800-53 High controls, supply chain integrity verification, and continuous CVE monitoring with automated remediation, eliminating the operational burden of achieving and maintaining compliance in government environments
Accelerate Adoption of AI Capabilities: By building upon commercially supported, production-ready AI software components, organizations can significantly mitigate risk in their initiatives, reduce their compliance burden, and accelerate their adoption of AI capabilities
Enterprise grade support: A holistic solution featuring full lifecycle support, ensuring access to expert guidance, proactive maintenance, and smooth upgrades throughout operations.
Lower setup complexity and lower TCO: Streamlined system design minimizes initial configuration challenges and lowers total cost of ownership by reducing deployment inefficiencies and resource overhead.
Future proof scalability and innovation: A modular, ecosystem driven design allows expansion as mission needs evolve, with broad partner integrations to keep pace with the rapidly advancing AI field.
By combining government grade security with the scalability, efficiency, and comprehensive support of NVIDIA’s AI Factory, the NVIDIA AI Factory for Government reference design empowers agencies to securely harness reasoning AI, agentic AI, and other advanced workloads for mission success.
Note
While this reference design includes technologies and solutions, including those of ecosystem partners, organizations are responsible for ensuring end-to-end federal security compliance.