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SpecAuroraThe Stargate Project
AcceleratorIntel Data Center GPU Max
ArchitectureHPE Cray EX with Intel Exascale Compute Blade
Cores9,264,128
CPUIntel Xeon CPU Max 9470 52C 2.4GHz
Custom Silicon AnnouncedBroadcom (10 GW)
Installation Year2,023
InterconnectHPE Slingshot-11
LocationDOE/SC/Argonne National Laboratory
ManufacturerIntel / HPE
Oracle Partnership GW5
PartnersOpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle, MGX
Planned Capacity GW7
Planned Chip Count Million2
Power KW38,698.36
Primary Accelerator AnnouncedNVIDIA GB200 (initial Oracle racks)
Primary SiteAbilene, Texas
Rmax Pflops1,012
Rpeak Pflops1,980.01
Secondary Accelerator AnnouncedAMD Instinct (up to 6 GW)
Status AS OF 2026First Abilene site online; five expansion sites under development
Top500 Rank Nov20253
Total Planned Investment USD Billion400
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