Sandia NL El Dorado

Compute

1.5K H100e

Chips

1,520

First operational

Nov 18, 2024

Sandia NL El Dorado is a large GPU cluster operated by US Department of Energy, located in the United States, in the public sector. It came online around November 2024. At that moment it ranked number 90 among known clusters.

It is built on 1,520 AMD Instinct MI300A. That amounts to about 1.5K H100e of AI compute. The cluster draws roughly 1.86 MW. Its hardware is estimated at $62M.

Epoch AI rates the certainty of this record as confirmed.

Full record

Owner: US Department of Energy
Users: Scientific Research, Sandia NL
Sector: Public
Status: Existing
Country: United States
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Primary chip: AMD Instinct MI300A
Primary chip count: 1,520
Total AI chips: 1,520
H100 equivalents: 1.5K
8-bit throughput: 3×10¹⁸ OP/s
Power capacity: 1.86 MW
Hardware cost: $62M
First operational: Nov 18, 2024
Rank when it came online: 90
Certainty: Confirmed