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AIST replaces its ABCI AI cloud with ABCI 3.0, built on 6,128 NVIDIA H200 GPUs

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Source: AIST via Kyodo News PR WireAlso reported by arXiv: ABCI 3.0 system paper

Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) said on 10 October 2024 that ABCI 3.0 would replace its public AI computing service, with 766 servers holding 6,128 NVIDIA H200 GPUs and a peak of 6.2 exaflops at half precision. Trial use was planned from November 2024 and general availability by mid-January 2025, with a discounted rate for development projects.

Why it matters

Japanese companies and universities training models gained access to a government-run GPU cloud about 7 to 13 times faster than its predecessor, at subsidised hourly rates.

When
10 Oct 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0209
Where
Japan
Who
AIST, NVIDIA, HPE

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from AIST via Kyodo News PR Wire and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at AIST via Kyodo News PR Wire

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WTA-N-2024-0209: “AIST replaces its ABCI AI cloud with ABCI 3.0, built on 6,128 NVIDIA H200 GPUs.” wheresthe.ai, 10 Oct 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/jp-aist-abci-3-supercomputer-2024-10/ (source: AIST via Kyodo News PR Wire).

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