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Microsoft Azure flaunts first custom Nvidia Blackwell racks

by ozgune on 10/9/24, 1:55 AM with 2 comments

  • by kristianp on 10/9/24, 11:07 AM

    > It's expected that an NVL72 GB200 machine with 72 B200 graphics processor will consume and dissipate around 120 kW of power

    If we're doubling the amount of power used for AI every couple of years, we're soon going to run out of nuclear plants to run them. Perhaps the doubling will be called Altman's law, or the Altman Huang law.

  • by skeptrune on 10/9/24, 3:56 AM

    Pretty cool they broke the news on X