JUWELS-Booster

Compute

1.2K H100e

Chips

3,744

First operational

Nov 16, 2020

JUWELS-Booster is a large GPU cluster operated by Julich Supercomputing Center, located in Germany, in the public sector. It came online around November 2020. At that moment it ranked number 3 among known clusters.

It is built on 3,744 NVIDIA A100. That amounts to about 1.2K H100e of AI compute. The cluster draws roughly 3.16 MW. Its hardware is estimated at $102M.

Epoch AI rates the certainty of this record as confirmed.

Full record

Owner: Julich Supercomputing Center
Users: Academic research in Europe
Sector: Public
Status: Existing
Country: Germany
Location: 52428 Jülich, Germany
Primary chip: NVIDIA A100
Primary chip count: 3,744
Total AI chips: 3,744
H100 equivalents: 1.2K
8-bit throughput: 2.3×10¹⁸ OP/s
Power capacity: 3.16 MW
Hardware cost: $102M
First operational: Nov 16, 2020
Rank when it came online: 3
Certainty: Confirmed