Nvidia and Oracle have collaborated to build an AI supercomputer at Argonne National Laboratory for the US Department of Energy (DOE).
The primary system, dubbed Solstice, will deploy 100,000 Nvidia Blackwell graphics processing units (GPUs) and use Nvidia networking to achieve an aggregate output of 2,200 exaflops of AI performance when combined with a second system, Equinox, which will use 10,000 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs.
Both systems are aimed at expanding the DOE's AI research capabilities across scientific, security, and energy disciplines.
Solstice and Equinox are designed to enable training and deployment of large-scale frontier models using the Nvidia Megatron-Core library and TensorRT inference stack.
These supercomputers are intended to advance open science by supporting new agentic AI workflows for scientific discovery.
Solstice is being constructed under a public-private partnership model involving industry participation and use case contributions.
Argonne anticipates that Equinox will be operational in the first half of 2026, with both systems housed on its campus.
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said: "Together with Oracle, we're building the Department of Energy's largest supercomputer that will serve as America's engine for discovery, giving researchers access to the most advanced AI infrastructure to drive progress across fields ranging from healthcare research to materials science."
Nvidia also announced support for seven new AI systems at Argonne and Los Alamos National Laboratories, reinforcing infrastructure for scientific computing in federal research environments.
At Argonne specifically, three additional GPU-accelerated clusters, including Tara, Minerva, and Janus, will broaden access for academic researchers and engineers in the US.
In parallel, Nvidia revealed plans for an AI Factory Research Centre at Digital Realty in Virginia.
This facility will operate on the Vera Rubin platform and focus on generative AI (gen AI) development, advanced manufacturing research, digital twins workstreams, and large-scale simulation tasks.
Argonne National Laboratory director Paul Kearns said: "Argonne's collaboration with Nvidia and Oracle represents a pivotal step in advancing the nation's AI and computing infrastructure.
"Through this partnership, we're building platforms that redefine performance, scalability and scientific potential. Together, we are shaping the foundation for the next generation of computing that will power discovery for decades to come."
In addition, Cisco, Dell Technologies, HPE, and Supermicro are partnering with Nvidia to deliver secure, scalable AI infrastructure by integrating Nvidia GPUs and AI software into their full-stack systems.
This collaboration includes the new Nvidia AI Factory for Government reference design, aimed at accelerating AI adoption in the public sector and highly regulated industries.