Italy AI startups iGenius It was announced yesterday local time that an AI supercomputer called Colosseum (note: meaning the Colosseum in Rome) is being deployed. This supercomputer is based onNvidiaGrace Blackwell superchipIt will beOne of the largest NVIDIA DGX SuperPODs in the world based on this chip.
iGenius says the Colosseum supercomputer will eventually containThousands of Grace Blackwell SuperchipsThe new system, with advanced liquid cooling, is expected to deliver 115 exaflops of compute performance, powered entirely by renewable energy from Italy, and is capable of meeting the demands of training open-source generative AI and LLMs with trillions of parameters or more.
Unlike general AI companies, iGenius primarily serves companies and organizations from industries with strict data security rules (e.g., financial services, healthcare, public sector), and its AI models place a relatively greater emphasis on reliability and accuracy.
According to Reuters, Charlie Boyle, NVIDIA's vice president and general manager of DGX Systems, said that several of the company's hardware and software teams are working directly with iGenius to bring the supercomputing system online.Colosseum Scheduled to be operational by mid-2025.