CoreWeave has announced key leadership hires, new AI supercomputing initiatives with IBM, and the launch of its first data centers in the UK. These developments underscore the company’s rapid expansion in AI cloud infrastructure and its growing role in next-generation AI computing.
Corey Sanders, a 20-year Microsoft veteran, has joined CoreWeave as Senior Vice President of Strategy. He previously led Microsoft’s Cloud for Industry division and played a key role in building Azure’s infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) business. Sanders will drive CoreWeave’s strategic initiatives, customer partnerships, and AI cloud growth. His appointment follows a string of leadership hires, including executives from AWS, Google, Oracle, and Uber.
CoreWeave has also partnered with IBM to deliver one of the first AI supercomputers powered by NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 systems. This system, built on CoreWeave’s cloud platform, will support IBM’s Granite AI models for enterprise applications. The collaboration includes access to IBM Storage Scale System for high-performance AI workloads.
Additionally, CoreWeave has launched its first two UK data centers in Crawley and London Docklands, powered by NVIDIA H200 GPUs and Quantum-2 InfiniBand networking. The sites, part of a £1.75 billion ($2.2 billion) UK investment, mark CoreWeave’s European expansion and commitment to AI infrastructure growth.
- Corey Sanders joins as SVP of Strategy after 20 years at Microsoft
- IBM partners with CoreWeave for an NVIDIA GB200-powered AI supercomputer
- New UK data centers in Crawley and London Docklands now operational
- CoreWeave plans to open 10 more data centers globally in 2025
“AI labs and enterprises are increasingly turning to CoreWeave to provide next-gen AI and cloud compute infrastructure that will get them to market faster.” Corey Sanders, SVP of Strategy, CoreWeave
