Elon Musk installed 100,000 Nvidia H200 accelerators in 19 days — it usually takes 4 years

15:09 - 15.10.2024


October 15, Fineko/abc.az. The xAI team, led by Elon Musk, finished installation of 100,000 computing accelerators Nvidia H200 Blackwell in just 19 days.

ABC.AZ reports that according to Nvidia’s head, what usually takes four years, Musk completed in record time, including building construction and equipment setup. All accelerators are part of the xAI supercomputer.

The process included not only installation of accelerators themselves, but also construction of a large building where the processors will be located, as well as equipping the enterprise with liquid cooling and power systems to ensure operation of graphics processors (there will be 200,000 in total). In addition, coordinated work of the Tesla and Nvidia engineering teams was required to deliver, install and configure the equipment.