NVIDIA (NVDA, Financial) is partnering with Hewlett Packard Enterprise and the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre to build a new supercomputer named "Blue Lion" in Germany. This system will utilize HPE's next-generation Cray technology and NVIDIA's high-performance GPUs. The core technology of "Blue Lion" will be based on NVIDIA's Vera Rubin architecture, integrating the new Rubin GPU and the custom CPU Vera. NVIDIA claims its computational power will be approximately 30 times that of Germany's current flagship model, SuperMUC-NG. The supercomputer is expected to be available to European researchers in early 2027.
Additionally, NVIDIA has launched an AI foundational model capable of simulating Earth's climate with kilometer-level precision. Named "cBottle," this tool is part of the Earth-2 platform and combines AI technology, GPU acceleration, and physics-based modeling methods. Compared to traditional simulation methods, cBottle offers faster, more energy-efficient generation of high-precision atmospheric data while maintaining accuracy. It considers factors such as day-night cycles, seasonal changes, and sea surface temperatures to create realistic atmospheric models. Institutions like the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology and the Allen Institute for AI are testing cBottle's potential in climate data compression and complex Earth system analysis.
This development highlights NVIDIA's strategic expansion beyond data centers and enterprise cloud services into science-oriented AI and high-performance computing applications.
