Paper on AlphaZero

Compute

232 H100e

Chips

5,000

First operational

Dec 5, 2017

Paper on AlphaZero is a large GPU cluster operated by Google, located in the United States, in the private sector. It came online around December 2017. At that moment it ranked number 2 among known clusters.

It is built on 5,000 Google TPU v1. That amounts to about 232 H100e of AI compute. The cluster draws roughly 0.88 MW. Its hardware is estimated at $51M.

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Full record

Owner: Google
Users: Google
Sector: Private
Status: Existing
Country: United States
Primary chip: Google TPU v1
Primary chip count: 5,000
Total AI chips: 5,000
H100 equivalents: 232
8-bit throughput: 4.6×10¹⁷ OP/s
Power capacity: 0.88 MW
Hardware cost: $51M
First operational: Dec 5, 2017
Rank when it came online: 2
Certainty: Likely