The largest AI data centre in Epoch AI's tracker, Colossus 2 in Memphis, Tennessee, holds a computing capacity of 1,112,000 H100-equivalent AI chips
Colossus 2, owned by SpaceXAI, is the largest AI data centre by compute capacity in Epoch AI's tracker. Epoch AI defines an AI data centre as a collection of buildings with a shared owner or operator that run hardware specialized for AI, such as GPUs or custom chips. Epoch AI's data on AI data centres is built from satellite imagery, permits, and understanding of data centre construction.
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A single site now holds a huge number of AI chips, showing how concentrated AI computing has become.
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