Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, announced that the company, in cooperation with Oracle, is going to build the largest artificial ielligence supercomputer in America for the Departme of Energy. This news was announced at Nvidia’s first GTC AI conference held in Washington DC.
According to Nvidia’s official announceme, Huang announced that he is planning to build the largest artificial ielligence supercomputer in the United States for the Departme of Energy. Nvidia and Oracle, along with the federally funded Argonne National Laboratory, will build a total of seven new AI supercomputers.
The US Departme of Energy is building several artificial ielligence supercomputers
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said at a press conference after Huang’s keynote speech: “A large portion of this computing power will be used for commercial applications and to support American businesses.” He also added that a significa but smaller part is also used for scieific research and national security.
According to the US Secretary of Energy, the construction of these supercomputers will begin immediately, and the initial computing power may be available to the Ministry of Energy from next week. The first of seven supercomputers is expected to be delivered in 2026, and the largest will be ready for use later.
Chris Wright also added that he has personally reached out to some of the major industry players to form partnerships to dramatically increase the Departme of Energy’s scieific and defense capabilities.
Although Donald Trump was not personally prese at the conference, Jensen Huang thanked his administration in part of his speech. Huang added that he will join the preside on a trip to South Korea, where Trump is scheduled to hold an importa meeting with Chinese Preside Xi Jinping. This meeting will determine the business relations between the two couries, and of course it will have a great impact on Nvidia’s business.
Of course, Nvidia and Oracle are not alone in building artificial ielligence supercomputers for the US Departme of Energy, and AMD has recely signed a similar coract with the Departme of Energy.
