OpenAI and Nvidia announce partnership to deploy 10GW of Nvidia systems

Post by kristjansson » Mon, Sep 22, 2025, 5:32 PM UTC

skhameneh wrote: post #13

ddtaylor wrote: post #4

For someone who doesn't know what a gigawat worth of Nvidia systems is, how many high-end H100 or whatever does this get you? My estimates along with some poor-grade GPT research leads me to think it could be nearly 10 million? That does seem insane.

Before reading your comment I did some napkin math using 600W per GPU: 10,000,000,000 / 600 = 16,666,666.66... With varying consumption/TDP, could be significantly more, could be significantly less, but at least it gives a starting figure. This doesn't account for overhead like energy losses, burst/nominal/sustained, system overhead, and heat removal.

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Sep 22, 2025, 5:33 PM UTC

zozbot234 wrote: post #32

gmm1990 wrote: post #5

Strange unit of measurement. Who would find that more useful than expected compute or even just the number of chips.

It's a very useful reference point actually because once you hit 1.21 GW the AI model begins to learn at a geometric rate and we finally get to real AGI. Last I've heard this was rumored as a prediction for AI 2027, so we're almost there already.

Post by hbarka » Mon, Sep 22, 2025, 5:34 PM UTC

ProofHouse wrote: post #55

ddtaylor wrote: post #4

For someone who doesn't know what a gigawat worth of Nvidia systems is, how many high-end H100 or whatever does this get you? My estimates along with some poor-grade GPT research leads me to think it could be nearly 10 million? That does seem insane.

How much cable (and what kind) to connect them all? That number would be 100x the number of gpus. I would think they just clip on metal racks no cables but then I saw the xai data center that can blue wire cables everywhere

Post by mandeepj » Mon, Sep 22, 2025, 5:34 PM UTC

fufxufxutc wrote: post #24

In accounting terms, this is a shady business practice known as "round tripping" where you invest in a company for the sole purpose of them buying your product. It allows you to count your revenue multiple times.

Post by vmg12 » Mon, Sep 22, 2025, 5:36 PM UTC

catigula wrote: post #53

Can we get some laws to force these companies to start subsidizing the consumer grids they're pummeling? The electric bills are getting out of hand.