Argonne NL Polaris

Compute

706 H100e

Chips

2,240

First operational

Nov 1, 2021

Argonne NL Polaris is a large GPU cluster operated by US Department of Energy, located in the United States, in the public sector. It came online around November 2021. At that moment it ranked number 13 among known clusters.

It is built on 2,240 NVIDIA A100. That amounts to about 706 H100e of AI compute. The cluster draws roughly 1.92 MW. Its hardware is estimated at $76M.

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Full record

Owner: US Department of Energy
Users: Argonne National Laboratory and general scientific community
Sector: Public
Status: Existing
Country: United States
Location: 9700 S Cass Ave, Lemont, IL 60439
Primary chip: NVIDIA A100
Primary chip count: 2,240
Total AI chips: 2,240
H100 equivalents: 706
8-bit throughput: 1.4×10¹⁸ OP/s
Power capacity: 1.92 MW
Hardware cost: $76M
First operational: Nov 1, 2021
Rank when it came online: 13
Certainty: Confirmed