Energy reveals plans for two new AI supercomputers at Oak Ridge

The Department of Energy is set to deploy a new artificial intelligence supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory early next year, bringing the machine online at “record speeds” thanks to a new public-private partnership the agency unveiled Monday.

The deal with Advanced Micro Devices will provide Oak Ridge with the company’s Lux AI cluster, giving the lab expanded “near-term AI capacity” that will accelerate its work on fusion, fission, materials discovery, advanced manufacturing and grid modernization, per a press release announcing the partnership. 

“Winning the AI race requires new and creative partnerships that will bring together the brightest minds and industries American technology and science has to offer,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright said in a statement. “That’s why the Trump administration is announcing the first example of a new commonsense approach to computing partnerships with Lux.”

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