Calcul Québec Narval

Compute

201 H100e

Chips

636

First operational

Nov 1, 2021

Calcul Québec Narval is a large GPU cluster operated by Compute Canada, located in Canada, in the public sector. It came online around November 2021. At that moment it ranked number 54 among known clusters.

It is built on 636 NVIDIA A100. That amounts to about 201 H100e of AI compute. The cluster draws roughly 0.55 MW. Its hardware is estimated at $22M.

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Owner: Compute Canada
Users: Academia
Sector: Public
Status: Existing
Country: Canada
Location: 1100 Notre-Dame St W, Montreal, Quebec H3C 1K3, Canada
Primary chip: NVIDIA A100
Primary chip count: 636
Total AI chips: 636
H100 equivalents: 201
8-bit throughput: 4×10¹⁷ OP/s
Power capacity: 0.55 MW
Hardware cost: $22M
First operational: Nov 1, 2021
Rank when it came online: 54
Certainty: Confirmed