Tesla Cortex Phase 1

Compute

50K H100e

Chips

50,000

First operational

Nov 15, 2024

Tesla Cortex Phase 1 is a large GPU cluster operated by Tesla, located in the United States, in the private sector. It came online around November 2024. At that moment it ranked number 4 among known clusters.

It is built on 50,000 NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB. That amounts to about 50K H100e of AI compute. The cluster draws roughly 71.34 MW. Its hardware is estimated at $1.9B.

Epoch AI rates the certainty of this record as confirmed.

Full record

Owner: Tesla
Users: Tesla
Sector: Private
Status: Existing
Country: United States
Location: 1 Tesla Rd, Austin, TX 78725
Primary chip: NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB
Primary chip count: 50,000
Total AI chips: 50,000
H100 equivalents: 50K
8-bit throughput: 9.9×10¹⁹ OP/s
Power capacity: 71.34 MW
Hardware cost: $1.9B
First operational: Nov 15, 2024
Rank when it came online: 4
Certainty: Confirmed