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CEA EXA1-HE Phase 2

Compute
1.9K H100e
Chips
1,908
First operational
Apr 17, 2024

CEA EXA1-HE Phase 2 is a large GPU cluster operated by French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), located in France, in the public sector. It came online around April 2024. At that moment it ranked number 46 among known clusters.

It is built on 1,908 NVIDIA GH200. That amounts to about 1.9K H100e of AI compute. The cluster draws roughly 2.02 MW. Its hardware is estimated at $87M.

Epoch AI rates the certainty of this record as confirmed. Phase 1 was from 2021 and didn't contain any GPUs

Full record
Owner
French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Users
Military Applications Division of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission
Sector
Public
Status
Existing
Country
France
Primary chip
NVIDIA GH200
Primary chip count
1,908
Total AI chips
1,908
H100 equivalents
1.9K
8-bit throughput
3.8×10¹⁸ OP/s
Power capacity
2.02 MW
Hardware cost
$87M
First operational
Apr 17, 2024
Rank when it came online
46
Certainty
Confirmed
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