A supercomputer requiring tens of thousands of power-hungry circuits will power the next iteration of xAI’s chatbot Grok
The supercomputer that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence venture, xAI, is building will have server racks provided by Dell Technologies and Super Micro Computer, the American entrepreneur revealed on the social networking platform X on Wednesday.
Dell is putting together half of the racks for xAI’s supercomputer, according to Musk on X. In response to a question regarding the second partner, the billionaire called Super Micro, a maker of servers, “SMC.”
Super Micro, a San Francisco-based company known for its liquid cooling technologies and close ties to chip companies like Nvidia, confirmed its collaboration with xAI to Reuters.
Dell CEO Michael Dell stated in a different post on X that the company was working with Nvidia, a leader in artificial intelligence, to build a “AI factory” that would power the upcoming version of xAI’s chatbot Grok.
Musk has reportedly told investors that his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, plans to build a supercomputer to power the company’s upcoming Grok chatbot version, according to a May Information story.
Tens of thousands of power-hungry chips are needed for training AI models like xAI’s Grok, but these chips are currently in low supply.
Musk said earlier this year that some 20,000 Nvidia H100 graphics processing units (GPUs) were needed to train the Grok 2 model. He also stated that 100,000 Nvidia H100 chips will be required for the Grok 3 model and any further iterations.
Musk has stated that he hopes to get the proposed supercomputer operational by the autumn of 2025, according to the Information.
Musk launched xAI as a rival to Alphabet’s Google and Microsoft-backed OpenAI last year. In addition, Musk co-founded OpenAI.