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Celestica and AMD Announce Collaboration to Advance the Next Era of AI with “Helios” Rack-Scale AI Platform
TORONTO and SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Celestica Inc. (TSX: CLS) (NYSE: CLS), a global leader in data center infrastructure and advanced technology solutions, and AMD (NASDAQ: AMD), a leader in high-performance and AI computing, today announced a strategic collaboration to bring the new “Helios” rack-scale AI platform to market. The collaboration pairs AMD computing leadership with Celestica’s expertise in delivering leading-edge networking switch technologies. At la
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