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YTL Power to develop one of world's best AI supercomputers, powered by NVIDIA

KUALA LUMPUR: YTL Power International will use the DGX Cloud powered by NVIDIA Grace Blackwell to deploy and manage one of the most sophisticated supercomputers in the world.

The company has announced the establishment of YTL AI Cloud, a specialised supplier of accelerated computing powered by massively parallel graphics processing units (GPUs).

The YTL AI supercomputer will reside in the 640-acre data centre complex at the YTL Green Data Center Campus in Johor. It will be powered by an on-site 500 MW solar power facility, which produces renewable energy.

This supercomputer will meet the increasing need for highly scalable, high-performance cloud-based solutions designed for AI/ML workloads, according to a statement from YTL Power.

It is anticipated that the YTL AI supercomputer would achieve more than 300 exaflops of AI computing, making it one of the fastest supercomputers in the world. This AI supercomputer is expected to help expedite the development of generative AI technology.

YTL Power is one of the first companies to use the fifth-generation NVLink-equipped, multi-node, liquid-cooled NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 rack-scale system. The company said that the supercomputer will be connected using the NVIDIA Quantum InfiniBand networking infrastructure.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim congratulated YTL on this significant milestone, a first for Malaysia.

"This will accelerate the country's adoption of AI and spearhead the development of our own sovereign cloud. The collaboration with NVIDIA is a testament to Malaysia's attractiveness as a hub for digital investments," Anwar said in the statement.

YTL Power managing director, Datuk Seri Yeoh Seok Hong, said the company is proud to be working with NVIDIA and the Malaysian government to bring powerful AI cloud computing here.

"We are excited to bring this supercomputing power to the Asia Pacific region, which has been home to many of the fastest-growing cloud regions and many of the most innovative users of AI in the world," he said.

Meanwhile, Gobind Singh Deo, Malaysia's Minister of Digital, said that AI plays a key role in propelling the global digital economy.

He said it is important for Malaysia to have one of the strongest NVIDIA cloud computing infrastructures, as this will spur innovation.

"Having one of the most powerful NVIDIA cloud computing infrastructures in Malaysia is a game changer and will spark innovation and development of solutions foundational to the success of the Malaysia Digital Economy Blueprint," he said.

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