xAI Launches World's Largest AI Datacenter with $4 Billion Supercomputer

Sep 2, 2024, 05:40 PM

xAI has brought online a new supercomputer, estimated to be worth $4 billion, featuring a 100,000 H100 training cluster. This development marks the establishment of the largest AI datacenter in the world, located in a previously empty warehouse in Memphis. The power consumption for this training cluster is estimated to be around 40-50 MW on average, with potential to reach 100 MW. The cluster is reportedly the largest single training cluster, surpassing those of major cloud providers like AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure.