During the Red Hat Summit 2025, Red Hat announced the launch of the Red Hat AI Inference Server, a new component of the Red Hat AI range. Designed for hybrid cloud environments, this open-source solution aims to simplify the execution of generative AI models while improving their operational performance.
An inference server acts as an interface between AI applications and large language models (LLMs), facilitating the generation of responses from input data. As LLM deployments multiply in production, the inference phase becomes a critical issue, both technically and economically.
Based on the vLLM community project initiated by the University of Berkeley, Red Hat AI Inference Server includes advanced optimization tools, including those from Neural Magic, allowing for reduced energy consumption, accelerated computations, and improved profitability. Available in a containerized version or integrated with RHEL AI and Red Hat OpenShift AI solutions, it offers great flexibility by running on any type of AI accelerator and in any cloud.
Among the main announced features:
- Intelligent model compression to reduce size without sacrificing accuracy;
- An optimized repository of validated models, accessible via the Red Hat AI page on Hugging Face;
- Interoperability with third-party platforms, including Linux and Kubernetes outside the Red Hat environment;
- Enterprise support inherited from Red Hat's experience in industrializing open-source technologies.
The solution supports numerous leading language models (Gemma, Llama, Mistral, Phi), while integrating the latest vLLM language developments: multi-GPU processing, continuous batching, extended context, and high-throughput inference.
With this announcement, Red Hat reaffirms its commitment to making vLLM an open standard for AI inference, promoting increased interoperability and strengthening the technological sovereignty of businesses. By addressing the growing needs of industrial inference, it actively contributes to the democratization of generative AI.
- Model compression tools allowing for size and energy footprint reduction without loss of precision;
- An optimized repository hosted on the Red Hat AI page on Hugging Face;
- Enterprise support and interoperability with third-party platforms, including Linux and Kubernetes outside of Red Hat.
Towards the Democratization of Generative AI
The solution natively supports several leading language models, including Gemma, Llama, Mistral, and Phi, and leverages the latest features of vLLM: high-throughput inference, multi-GPU processing, continuous batching, and extended input context.
Red Hat thus aims to make the vLLM language an open inference standard for generative AI in business, regardless of the AI model, the underlying accelerator, and the deployment environment.