Sakura's H100s Phase 1

Compute

2K H100e

Chips

2,016

First operational

Jul 31, 2024

Sakura's H100s Phase 1 is a large GPU cluster operated by Sakura Internet, located in Japan, in the public/private sector. It came online around July 2024. At that moment it ranked number 57 among known clusters.

It is built on 2,016 NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB. That amounts to about 2K H100e of AI compute. The cluster draws roughly 2.88 MW. Its hardware is estimated at $96M.

Epoch AI rates the certainty of this record as confirmed. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) will subsidize 6.8 billion yen ($48.2 million) of the 13.5 billion yen it will cost to build the machine

Full record

Owner: Sakura Internet
Users: Cloud
Sector: Public/Private
Status: Existing
Country: Japan
Location: Ishikari City, Hokkaido Japan
Primary chip: NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB
Primary chip count: 2,016
Total AI chips: 2,016
H100 equivalents: 2K
8-bit throughput: 4×10¹⁸ OP/s
Power capacity: 2.88 MW
Hardware cost: $96M
First operational: Jul 31, 2024
Rank when it came online: 57
Certainty: Confirmed