While OpenAI Races to Build AI Data Centers, Nadella Reminds Us that Microsoft Already Has Them

While OpenAI races to build AI data centers, Nadella reminds us that Microsoft already has them

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella offered a glimpse of the "first of many" massive Nvidia AI systems it is rolling out, starting now.

Microsoft Azure Unveils Nvidia GB300 NVL72 Cluster Built for OpenAI’s AI Workloads

Microsoft Azure has launched the NDv6 GB300 VM series, the first supercomputing-scale cluster of Nvidia GB300 NVL72 systems. Designed for OpenAI’s demanding AI workloads, it features 4,600 GPUs, high-speed NVLink/NVSwitch connectivity, and 37TB of memory per rack. The system supports agentic and multimodal AI workflows, enabling model training in weeks instead of months while optimising throughput and efficiency.

Azure introduces NDv6 GB300 VM using NVIDIA GB300 NVL72

Microsoft Azure has introduced the NDv6 GB300 VM series, a new virtual machine (VM) offering built around the NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 platform and Blackwell Ultra graphics processing units (GPUs), now deployed at supercomputing scale. The latest Azure cluster incorporates more than 4,600 NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems, which Microsoft describes as the first large-scale production deployment of this type. These clusters are intended for OpenAI’s most comp…

OpenAI Plans, Microsoft Delivers: Inside Azure’s New AI Supercluster

As OpenAI pursues trillion-dollar data center ambitions, Satya Nadella reminds the world that Microsoft Azure is already AI-ready… The post OpenAI Plans, Microsoft Delivers: Inside Azure’s New AI Supercluster appeared first on IMP.NEWS.

Microsoft Deploys World's First Production GB300 Supercluster for OpenAI

Microsoft and NVIDIA say Azure is now running the first at-scale, production cluster of NVIDIA’s GB300 NVL72 for OpenAI—purpose-built to push larger, more capable “reasoning” models and serve them faster. The system marries rack-scale memory with fifth-gen NVLink and 800Gb/s networking to make dozens of cabinets behave like one enormous accelerator.  Key PointsRack-scale GB300 NVL72: 72 Blackwell Ultra GPUs + 36 Grace CPUs per rack.  130 TB/s NV…

Microsoft Azure Unveils World's First NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 Supercomputing Cluster for OpenAI

Microsoft Azure today announced the new NDv6 GB300 VM series, delivering the industry's first supercomputing-scale production cluster of NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 systems, purpose-built for OpenAI's most demanding AI inference workloads. This supercomputer-scale cluster features over 4,600 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs connected via the NVIDIA Quantum-X800 InfiniBand networking platform. Microsoft's unique systems approach applied radical engineering to …