🤖 Elon Musk's xAI builds world's largest AI cluster in 122 days

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💻️ Colossus the Ultimate AI Powerhouse

Elon Musk’s xAI launched “Colossus,” the world’s most powerful AI cluster, powered by 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs. The entire system was built in just 122 days, with plans to double its size soon.

How powerful is Colossus?

• Claimed to be the "most powerful" AI cluster in the world

• 100,000 liquid-cooled Nvidia H100 GPUs on a single network fabric

• Plans to double in size to 200,000 GPUs, including 50,000 H200s

How fast was it built?

• Constructed and launched in only 122 days

• Brought online over a U.S. holiday weekend

• Unprecedented speed for a project of this scale

What's the comparison to Grok 2?

• Grok 2 was trained on around 15,000 GPUs

• Colossus offers over six times that computing power

Why does this matter?

• xAI's Grok 2 recently matched OpenAI's GPT-4 capabilities

• Colossus could significantly accelerate xAI's AI development

• Puts pressure on competitors like OpenAI and Google to innovate

What's next?

• xAI plans to expand Colossus to 200,000 GPUs, including 50,000 of the upcoming Nvidia H200s, in the coming months.

• Future versions of Grok may see substantial improvements

• The AI industry may see intensified competition and rapid advancements

This development signals a major escalation in the AI arms race, with xAI positioning itself as a formidable contender against established tech giants.

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