Nvidia and partners to build seven AI supercomputers for the U.S. gov’t with over 100,000 Blackwell GPUs —combined performance of 2,200 ExaFLOPS of compute

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Nvidia and partners to build seven AI supercomputers for the U.S. gov't with over 100,000 Blackwell GPUs —combined performance of 2,200 ExaFLOPS of compute

U.S. Department of Energy and AMD cut a $1 billion deal for two AI supercomputers

AMD and Oracle partner to deploy 50,000 MI450 Instinct GPUs in new AI superclusters

The systems will be used to build three-trillion-parameter AI simulation models as well as for classic scientific computing.

One interesting thing to note about the Equinox and Solstice supercomputers is that they will be built by Oracle, a company that nowadays is not widely known as a vendor that designs and builds completely bespoke supercomputers for customers, as traditional HPC vendors like Atos, Dell , or HPE do. Oracle's primary business emphasis is on cloud infrastructure enabling AI/HPC workloads rather than custom HPC system integration from the ground up. While Oracle has its Cloud@Customer option, these machines also run Oracle's software and are managed by the company. Whether Equinox and Solstice will be managed by Oracle remains to be seen.

In addition, the Argonne National Laboratory will expand its Argonne Leadership Computing Facility — which will be available to researchers and scientists through competitive national programs — with Nvidia-based supercomputers, including Tara, Minerva, and Janus. For now, it is unclear which platform these systems will use or whether they will be built by HPE or Oracle, but we can be sure they will deliver formidable performance.

"Argonne's collaboration with Nvidia and Oracle represents a pivotal step in advancing the nation's AI and computing infrastructure," said Paul K. Kearns, director of Argonne National Laboratory. "Through this partnership, we are building platforms that redefine performance, scalability and scientific potential. Together, we are shaping the foundation for the next generation of computing that will power discovery for decades to come."

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