# NVIDIA BlueField-4 Powers New Scale-In Network Infrastructure for Agentic AI Factories

DevFeed: [NVIDIA BlueField-4 Powers New Scale-In Network Infrastructure for Agentic AI Factories](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/nvidia-bluefield-4-powers-new-scale-in-network-infrastructure-for-agentic-ai-factories-6889.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-bluefield-4-powers-new-scale-in-network-infrastructure-for-agentic-ai-factories/>)

Author: Michelle Horton

Published: 2026-08-24T15:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [NVIDIA Developer](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/nvidia-developer.md>), [NVIDIA Technical Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/nvidia-technical-blog.md>)

Topics: [AI Factory](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-factory.md>), [AI Infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-infrastructure.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [Nvidia](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nvidia.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [datacenter](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datacenter.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [NVLink](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nvlink.md>), [InfiniBand](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/infiniband.md>)

Tags: [agentic-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic-ai.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-factory](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-factory.md>), [ai-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-infrastructure.md>), [bluefield-dpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bluefield-dpu.md>), [connectx](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/connectx.md>), [data-center-cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-center-cloud.md>), [data-centers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-centers.md>), [dsx](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dsx.md>), [grace-cpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/grace-cpu.md>), [infiniband](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infiniband.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking.md>), [networking-communications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking-communications.md>), [nvidia](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nvidia.md>), [nvlink](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nvlink.md>), [top-stories](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/top-stories.md>), [vera-cpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vera-cpu.md>), [vera-rubin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vera-rubin.md>)

## AI overview

NVIDIA describes Scale-In network infrastructure for agentic AI factories, centered on BlueField-4, DOCA, and Spectrum-X Ethernet. The architecture is intended to accelerate networking, storage, security, data movement, tenant isolation, and infrastructure operations as AI compute scales.

## Source excerpt

Traditional cloud infrastructure was designed for predictable, general-purpose workloads and standard interfaces. Agentic AI factories connect diverse users,...