2 minute read | July.21.2026
NetApp, the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, announced it has acquired DataPelago, a California-based AI data infrastructure company recognized for its innovative approach to eliminating data processing bottlenecks for AI and analytics workloads.
Orrick represents NetApp.
For more than three decades, NetApp has helped the world's leading organizations navigate change - from the rise of enterprise storage to the intelligent era defined by data and AI. Today, NetApp is the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, helping customers turn data into a catalyst for innovation, resilience, and growth.
DataPelago is driving the data acceleration revolution that AI demands. Today, AI's relentless hunger for data acceleration at massive scale has created the ultimate chokepoint - without economically scaled data processing, AI innovation itself will be throttled. At DataPelago, we're unleashing breakthrough thinking to transform data processing economics and ignite the next wave of AI-powered revolution.
The acquisition marks a foundational expansion of NetApp's portfolio, enabling GPU-accelerated data processing aligned directly with the storage layer. With this acquisition, NetApp establishes itself as the company that makes zero-copy activation of enterprise data for AI real.
Hari Raman led the Orrick team which includes Brian Blood, Derek Jones, Christopher Su, Hilary Finkelstein, Michael Wiesner, Taylor Ball, Laura Becking, Chanani Sandler, Christopher De Los Reyes, Anna Suh, Alexandra Kleeman, Eric Wall, Shannon Yavorsky, Rebecca Harlow, Peter Graham, Craig Falls, Danielle Mangogna, Jeanine McGuinness, Evgeniya Shakina, Albert Vanderlaan, Millay Kogan and Deborah Abernathy.