NVIDIA Selene Phase 1

Compute

706 H100e

Chips

2,240

First operational

Jun 22, 2020

NVIDIA Selene Phase 1 is a large GPU cluster operated by NVIDIA, located in the United States, in the private sector. It came online around June 2020. At that moment it ranked number 4 among known clusters.

It is built on 2,240 NVIDIA A100. That amounts to about 706 H100e of AI compute. The cluster draws roughly 2.41 MW. Its hardware is estimated at $62M.

Epoch AI rates the certainty of this record as confirmed.

Full record

Owner: NVIDIA
Users: NVIDIA
Sector: Private
Status: Existing
Country: United States
Location: Santa Clara, California
Primary chip: NVIDIA A100
Primary chip count: 2,240
Total AI chips: 2,240
H100 equivalents: 706
8-bit throughput: 1.4×10¹⁸ OP/s
Power capacity: 2.41 MW
Hardware cost: $62M
First operational: Jun 22, 2020
Rank when it came online: 4
Certainty: Confirmed