HPE Ships First NVIDIA Grace Blackwell-based system

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) has announced the shipment of its first NVIDIA Grace Blackwell-based system, the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72, marking a significant milestone in AI and high-performance computing (HPC). Designed for AI service providers and large enterprises, this cutting-edge system enables rapid deployment of complex AI clusters with advanced direct liquid cooling for unparalleled efficiency and performance.

“AI model builders demand scalability, extreme performance, and rapid deployment,” said Trish Damkroger, SVP and GM of HPC & AI Infrastructure Solutions, HPE. “With our industry-leading liquid cooling expertise, we deliver lower-cost AI training and best-in-class performance.”

AI-Optimized Performance at Scale

The NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 is engineered to handle massive AI models exceeding a trillion parameters, powered by a shared-memory, low-latency architecture. The system seamlessly integrates NVIDIA CPUs, GPUs, compute and switch trays, networking, and software to accelerate workloads such as generative AI (GenAI) training and inference.

“HPE’s first shipment of NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 will help enterprises efficiently build, deploy, and scale large AI clusters,” said Bob Pette, VP of Enterprise Platforms, NVIDIA.

Key Features of the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 by HPE:

• 72 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs & 36 NVIDIA Grace CPUs interconnected via NVIDIA NVLink
• Up to 13.5 TB total HBM3e memory with 576 TB/sec bandwidth
• Industry-leading direct liquid cooling for energy efficiency and thermal management

Best-in-Class Services and AI Infrastructure Support

HPE’s five decades of liquid cooling innovation have enabled it to power eight of the top 15 most energy-efficient supercomputers in the Green500 rankings. The company offers end-to-end AI solutions with global serviceability, including:

Onsite engineering support: Resident AI and HPC experts ensure system optimization
Performance benchmarking: AI and HPC specialists fine-tune configurations for peak efficiency
Sustainability services: Energy and emissions reporting, resource monitoring, and green computing initiatives

With this launch, HPE strengthens its leadership in AI computing and supercomputing, addressing GenAI, scientific discovery, and compute-intensive workloads.