Oct 31, 2025 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
Nvidia has partnered with Oracle and the US Department of Energy to build two AI supercomputers at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. Solstice will be the largest AI supercomputer owned by the DOE and will be built with the DOE’s new public-private partnership model. Equinox will consist of 10,000 Blackwell GPUs and is expected to come online in the first half of 2026.
“AI is the most powerful technology of our time, and science is its greatest frontier,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia. “Together with Oracle, we’re building the Department of Energy’s largest supercomputer that will serve as America’s engine for discovery, giving researchers access to the most advanced AI infrastructure to drive progress across fields ranging from healthcare research to materials science.”
US Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, added: “Winning the AI race requires new and creative partnerships that will bring together the brightest minds and industries American technology and science has to offer. The two Argonne systems and the collaboration between the Department of Energy, Nvidia, and Oracle represent a new common-sense approach to computing partnerships. These systems will be a powerhouse for scientific and technological innovation. Thanks to President Trump, we’re bringing new computing capacity online faster than ever before and turning shared innovation into national strength.”
