Inside the 100K GPU xAI Colossus Cluster that Supermicro Helped Build for Elon Musk

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I assume cold air is pushed from the top down since the raised floor didn't have perf tiles?
 
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Y'know, SuperMicro isn't the only company that's part of this cluster. I can only assume SM was the only one* to pay for the marketing? :p
 
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It may have been availability of systems too, with dell you often have to wait for months for new hardware or certain hardware configurations - often lacking the customizing portion for your design i.e. lets say water system.
(// like xe9680 box designed so pcie ports are in front ~ and more of an air platform)
 
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CyklonDX said:
It may have been availability of systems too, with dell you often have to wait for months for new hardware or certain hardware configurations - often lacking the customizing portion for your design i.e. lets say water system.
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Yes, that's true. Though I am pretty sure there is a ton of hardware already in place. I am sure there is much more waiting to go in and much more to the story. I, being just a stranger on the Internet, can only just speculate, of course.

Regardless we can all easily agree Grok is indeed massive and impressive. I am sure it's physical footprint will only continue to grow.
 
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Koop said:
Y'know, SuperMicro isn't the only company that's part of this cluster. I can only assume SM was the only way to pay for the marketing? :p
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We were only allowed to show NVIDIA and Supermicro. At the same time, the SM part is the more advanced part just because of the liquid cooled box.
 
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Patrick said:
We were only allowed to show NVIDIA and Supermicro. At the same time, the SM part is the more advanced part just because of the liquid cooled box.
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Completely true, the liquid cooling is indeed very cool.

Permission not granted or not asked? Just curious. No need to answer if that's not a point up for discussion of course. The focus on the liquid cooling is... cooler anyway.

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so there are other vendors there? Interesting.
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I would say the chances are... Very likely... Indeed.
 
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Patrick said:
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Did they provide any specific reason? If not I would assume it's just that they wanted to show off the massive liquid cooling effort more than anything. Nothing nefarious or anything obviously. I just wonder what politics are at play. All way above my pay grade regardless.

The customer is always right! As they say.
 
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