Bloomberg reports the contact is for Elon Musk’s X social media platform
xAi’s Colossus uses 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPU and doesn’t seem to be part of the contract
Supermicro has had troubles, but is still a major player in AI hardware
The rising demand for computing power to support AI workloads has fueled rapid growth in the market for high-powered servers. It is a lucrative business for firms like Dell, Supermicro, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, who have all seen increased demand for their high-performance server products in recent years.
A report from Bloomberg claims HPE has secured a massive deal worth more than $1 billion to supply Elon Musk’s X social network with servers optimized for artificial intelligence work.
