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December 31, 2024
Generally available: The A3 Ultra accelerator-optimized machine type is now generally available. A3 Ultra VMs are powered by NVIDIA H200 Tensor Core GPUs and support the new Titanium ML network adapter, which delivers non-blocking 3.2 Tbps of GPU-to-GPU traffic with RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE). A3 Ultra VMs are ideal for foundation ML model training and serving. The A3 Ultra machine type is available in the following region and zone:
- St. Ghislain, Belgium, Europe -
europe-west1-b
When provisioning A3 Ultra machine types, you must use Hypercompute Cluster to request capacity and create VMs or clusters. To get started see Overview of creating VMs and clusters in the AI Hypercomputer documentation.
Preview: Hypercompute Cluster is now available in preview. With Hypercompute Cluster, you can streamline the provisioning of up to tens of thousands of A3 Ultra accelerator-optimized machines.
With features such as dense co-location of resources, ultra-low latency networking, targeted workload placement, and advanced maintenance controls to minimize workload disruptions, Hypercompute Cluster is built to deliver exceptional performance and resilience, so you can run your most demanding AI, ML, and HPC workloads with confidence.
To get started, review the overview for VM and cluster creation.