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HPE Cray Supercomputing EX

Rack-scale systemProject engagement onlyManufacturer documented

The platform behind national exascale supercomputers. Sealed, direct-liquid-cooled cabinets that vent no hot air into the room at all, built as blades so density is far beyond what a conventional rack can achieve.

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Representative system image

Where does this sit?

  1. 01Local
  2. 02Workstation
  3. 03Departmental
  4. 04Enterprise
  5. 05Cluster
  6. 06Rack-scale

Rack-Scale & Supercomputing. Integrated racks where compute, interconnect, storage, power and liquid cooling are engineered as a single system. Typically bought by a datacentre operator, a national facility or a large ai platform. Datacentre with liquid cooling and high-density power.

Fit

Is this the right thing for you?

Who it's for

  • National laboratories and research facilities
  • Large-scale AI platform operators
  • Organisations with extreme-scale HPC requirements

What it runs

  • Exascale-class HPC
  • Frontier AI training
  • Converged HPC and AI at national scale

When it is the wrong answer

  • Any deployment that fits in a conventional air-cooled rack
Where it goes
Purpose-built facility with liquid cooling infrastructure
Complexity
specialist
Cooling
Liquid cooled
Specification

What the numbers mean

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Platform

Architecture

Liquid-cooled, blade-based, high-density clustered supercomputer

Building block

Direct-liquid-cooled cabinet — a sealed closed-loop unit

MeansThe cabinet cools itself; it does not exhaust heated air into the room.

MattersIt removes the datacentre air-handling ceiling on density entirely.

Node and cabinet countsUnverified

Awaiting verification — configured per system

InterconnectUnverified

Awaiting verification

Verification

Manufacturer documented — HPE Cray Supercomputing EX QuickSpecs a00094635enw. Reviewed 2026-08-31.

Manufacturer source
Before you commit

Practical considerations

The things that catch people out after the hardware has already been ordered.

  • This is a facility programme, not a hardware order. The building work usually determines the timeline.
  • Engagement here starts with an architecture review, not a specification.
Completeness

Nothing arrives working on its own

What else will I need?

  • Facility liquid cooling infrastructure
  • Structural and power engineering assessment
  • A dedicated operations team
  • A multi-year procurement and delivery plan
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How this is bought

This is a project, not a checkout

Solutions at this scale are designed before they are priced. Here is the sequence.

  1. 01

    Requirement conversation

    What you want to run, for how many people, on which data. No hardware discussed yet.

  2. 02

    Site and power review

    Rack space, power feeds, cooling and network capacity checked against what the platform needs.

  3. 03

    Architecture proposal

    A written design covering compute, networking, storage, software and services, with alternatives.

  4. 04

    Quotation

    Priced against the agreed design, including installation and support. Nothing is charged until you accept.

  5. 05

    Delivery and commissioning

    Racked, cabled, commissioned and handed over with documentation.

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What normally sits alongside it

Relationships documented by the manufacturer, or by us during a deployment.