Supercomputing stories

Vultr has launched a USD $50m AI supercluster with 24,000 AMD GPUs at its new Ohio data centre, boosting cloud capacity for global AI development.

AMD and HPE will launch the Helios AI platform in 2026, combining CPUs, GPUs and advanced networking to power large-scale data centres worldwide.

President Donald Trump signed an order launching the Genesis Mission, a national AI platform uniting US supercomputers and data to boost innovation and leadership.

Milestone partners with DCAI to deploy compliant AI models on Europe-based Gefion supercomputer, enhancing smart city and traffic management solutions under EU regulations.

Spectra Logic will provide its tape library technology for TACC’s Horizon supercomputer, creating a one-exabyte data archive for open scientific research.

El Capitan remains the world's fastest supercomputer, marking HPE's eighth consecutive top spot on the TOP500 list in high-performance computing.

Schneider Electric leads in liquid cooling tech for AI data centres, tackling heat challenges amid booming demand for high-performance computing infrastructure.

NVIDIA and Foxconn partner with Taiwan to build an AI supercomputer using 10,000 Blackwell GPUs, boosting research and innovation across industries.

Fujitsu and RIKEN have launched a 256-qubit superconducting quantum computer, quadrupling previous capacity and boosting complex modelling and data analysis capabilities.

Google has launched Ironwood, its most advanced Tensor Processing Unit yet, tailored for AI inference tasks, boosting computational efficiency and performance.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has claimed the top position on the Top500 list with El Capitan, the world's fastest supercomputer, achieving 1.742 exaflops.

DeepL plans to enhance its AI translation platform with NVIDIA's DGX SuperPOD, aiming to strengthen its AI capabilities and lead in advanced technology by mid-2025.

NVIDIA has unveiled the xAI Colossus supercomputer in Memphis, boasting 100,000 Hopper GPUs and claiming to be the world's most powerful AI training system.

AMD plans to acquire Silo AI, Europe's largest private AI lab, for USD $665 million, bolstering its AI strategy and capabilities.

IBM and Pasqal have joined forces to revolutionise supercomputing with quantum technology, aiming to propel advances in materials science and chemistry.

Australia’s AI innovation surpasses Asia Pacific, buoyed by strong tech infrastructure and initiatives like the brain-scale supercomputer DeepSouth.

The UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) advances AI research as Lenovo's advanced, energy-efficient supercomputer gets the go-ahead to be installed at the Hartree Centre.

Japan's ABCI-Q supercomputer, soon to be powered by NVIDIA's advanced platforms, will play a pivotal role in propelling the nation's quantum computing research and multidisciplinary simulations.

NVIDIA unveils blueprint for next-gen data centres backed by advanced AI supercomputers, Omniverse digital twins, and key industry collaborators, bolstering efficient AI infrastructure.

NVIDIA unveils groundbreaking AI supercomputer, DGX SuperPOD, fuelled by advanced GB200 Superchips with 11.5 exaflops AI supercomputing capability and 240Tb of fast memory.