From SiliconANGLE · Ryan Stevens · · 1m 10s
Data center telemetry runs on NATS as it graduates from CNCF
NATS, an open-source messaging system, graduates from CNCF after handling AI workloads and data center telemetry.
In brief
NATS, an open-source messaging system, graduates from CNCF after handling AI workloads and data center telemetry. NATS, a messaging system used for AI workloads and data center telemetry, has graduated from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. Originally reported by SiliconANGLE.
NATS graduates from CNCF
NATS, an open-source messaging system, graduated from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation in November 2026.
AI workloads demand new messaging layer
Data center telemetry and sandboxed AI workloads generate more machine-to-machine traffic than ever before.
NATS handles ephemeral AI traffic
NATS supports rapid connections and high churn for AI sandboxes that spin up and down frequently.
“What’s changed in the current context, or landscape, is everything is really ephemeral. If you take the Lovable example, connections coming and going really fast, tons of churn, tons of sandboxes, all these things spinning up, spinning down”
NATS scales across data centers
NATS connects data centers, regions, and clouds with a super cluster topology for routing traffic.
“Nats has evolved to be able to communicate multiple data centers with a super cluster topology with the gateways”
NATS powers AI agent workloads
NATS routes messages across AI agent fleets using JetStream persistence and key-value stores.
“In some sense, agentic systems are just microservices systems, but at a bigger scale”
NATS used by Nvidia and data centers
Nvidia Corp. built its AI factory event bus on NATS, and some data centers use it for power and cooling telemetry.
At a glance
NATS, a messaging system used for AI workloads and data center telemetry, has graduated from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.
