Dicker Data selects Interactive to host Cisco AI Rally Kit to help Australian organisations test AI use cases

Melbourne, Australia - 11 November 2026 - Interactive has announced it is hosting Dicker Data's Cisco AI Rally Kit underpinning Dicker Data's AI Accelerate program in its Sydney data centre, giving Dicker Data's partner ecosystem access to dedicated AI infrastructure to develop and validate real-world use cases.

This initiative brings together the key components required to deliver sovereign AI solutions for customers. Dicker Data's Cisco AI Rally Kit, powered by NVIDIA GPUs, with a capacity of 120TB of storage supplied by Everpure, will be hosted within Interactive's Australian data centre environment. The result is a turnkey platform that enables organisations to innovate with AI while keeping data, infrastructure, and operations under local control.

Through Dicker Data, eligible partners can access the Cisco AI Rally Kit to experiment with AI ideas, develop proof-of-concept projects and better understand the infrastructure required to support AI workloads before committing to their own production environment. 

For partners unsure where to start and looking to begin their AI journey, industry-specific use cases are available to partners to help provide a practical starting point. They enable partners to explore real-world customer outcomes across different verticals, without additional investment.

Hosted within Interactive's sovereign Sydney data centre, the infrastructure provides a secure, high-performance environment for demanding AI workloads. For organisations considering private AI, it creates an opportunity to test real workloads while exploring considerations including performance, latency, privacy and data sovereignty.

David Leen, Head of Product - Cloud at Interactive, said the real value of the Cisco AI Rally Kit is giving organisations a practical place to start.

"There is no shortage of interest in AI. The harder question for many organisations is understanding where AI can genuinely create value and what it will take to make a use case work in their environment."

"It means organisations can learn more about what their use case demands before making bigger decisions about the infrastructure required to support it in production."

Lizzy Jones, Head of Data & AI at Interactive, said access to the infrastructure is only one part of moving AI from experimentation into production. 

"Successful AI adoption starts with understanding the problem you are trying to solve and the outcome you want to achieve. The ability to then test that thinking against real infrastructure helps organisations understand what works, where the gaps are and what they need to address before moving further."

"For private AI in particular, decisions about infrastructure can't be separated from questions around data, security, latency, privacy and sovereignty. Testing a real use case gives organisations a much clearer picture of those requirements before they commit to a production approach."

Dicker Data will showcase the AI Rally Kit opportunity at Cisco Live Melbourne, where partners can learn more about the opportunity and how to access the AI Rally Kit hosted at Interactive's Sydney data centre.  

Vickie Madeleine, General Manager, Cisco, at Dicker Data said Dicker Data and Interactive are helping partners realise the benefits of Sovereign AI.

"Sovereign AI continues to gain momentum with the need to manage data security, compliance, and operational risk more critical than ever."

"Dicker Data is proud to partner with Interactive, leveraging its sovereign Sydney data centre to deliver secure, scalable, and high-performance infrastructure for AI innovation. We believe this practical and accessible way of experiencing Cisco and Everpure infrastructure and AI-specific use cases will help partners unlock AI opportunities, accelerate their learning journey, and build confidence in deploying AI solutions for their customers." 

Partners can also reach out to their Dicker Data representative or visit  FlashStack AI Rally Kit Lab. for more information.

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