Lawrence Livermore NL Sierra

Compute

1.1K H100e

Chips

17,280

First operational

Jun 1, 2018

Lawrence Livermore NL Sierra is a large GPU cluster operated by US Department of Energy, located in the United States, in the public sector. It came online around June 2018. At that moment it ranked number 2 among known clusters.

It is built on 17,280 NVIDIA V100. That amounts to about 1.1K H100e of AI compute. The cluster draws roughly 11.5 MW. Its hardware is estimated at $137M.

Epoch AI rates the certainty of this record as confirmed.

Full record

Owner: US Department of Energy
Users: Lawrence Livermore NL, Scientific Research
Sector: Public
Status: Existing
Country: United States
Location: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 7000 East Ave, Livermore, CA 94550
Primary chip: NVIDIA V100
Primary chip count: 17,280
Total AI chips: 17,280
H100 equivalents: 1.1K
Power capacity: 11.5 MW
Hardware cost: $137M
First operational: Jun 1, 2018
Rank when it came online: 2
Certainty: Confirmed