DataStax HCD is data infrastructure for AI data clouds, supporting the most powerful systems you will upgrade to support generative AI. HCD is for enterprises investing in data center modernization, hyper converged infrastructure (HCI), and bringing advanced data workloads into the world of generative AI, providing:

- Modernized architecture, with separation of Compute and Storage for data workloads deployed in data center environments supporting hyper converged infrastructure (HCI), driving up to 20% reduction in infrastructure costs in licensing and hardware.

- Cloud-native data operations and observability architecture for supporting modern DevOps, reducing operational overhead by up to 75%, powered by Kubernetes

- Developer Productivity - rapid provisioning and powerful, intuitive data APIs and a a one-stop GenAI stack for enterprise RAG (retrieval augmented generation)

- Built proven, open source Apache Cassandra (™) , the leader in AI workloads, used by Netflix, Uber and the best of the internet.

DataStax HCD is ideal for enterprise operators and architects driving data center modernization initiatives for on-premises enterprise data including:

- Generative AI - HDCB adds powerful vector search capabilities, built on the open source JVector vector search algorithm

- Data Center Modernization - reducing infrastructure and hardware costs with HCI (hyper converged infrastructure)

- TCO initiatives - reducing total cost of ownership with modern DevOps, developer productivity