Microsoft Azure Pioneer-WUS2

Compute

414 H100e

Chips

1,312

First operational

Jun 1, 2021

Microsoft Azure Pioneer-WUS2 is a large GPU cluster operated by Microsoft, located in the United States, in the private sector. It came online around June 2021. At that moment it ranked number 18 among known clusters.

It is built on 1,312 NVIDIA A100. That amounts to about 414 H100e of AI compute. The cluster draws roughly 1.13 MW. Its hardware is estimated at $35M.

Epoch AI rates the certainty of this record as confirmed.

Full record

Owner: Microsoft
Users: Cloud, Azure
Sector: Private
Status: Existing
Country: United States
Location: Washington
Primary chip: NVIDIA A100
Primary chip count: 1,312
Total AI chips: 1,312
H100 equivalents: 414
8-bit throughput: 8.2×10¹⁷ OP/s
Power capacity: 1.13 MW
Hardware cost: $35M
First operational: Jun 1, 2021
Rank when it came online: 18
Certainty: Confirmed