{"id":640903,"date":"2024-10-08T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T07:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nebius-is-tripling-nvidia-gpu-capacity-at-its-ai-data-centre-in-finland\/"},"modified":"2024-10-08T10:00:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T07:00:05","slug":"nebius-is-tripling-nvidia-gpu-capacity-at-its-ai-data-centre-in-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nebius-is-tripling-nvidia-gpu-capacity-at-its-ai-data-centre-in-finland\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nebius is tripling Nvidia GPU capacity at its AI data centre in Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f38cbec7c0\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f38cbec7c0\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nebius-is-tripling-nvidia-gpu-capacity-at-its-ai-data-centre-in-finland\/#Filling_gaps_in_the_AI_training_and_inference_market\" >Filling gaps in the AI training and inference market<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nebius-is-tripling-nvidia-gpu-capacity-at-its-ai-data-centre-in-finland\/#One_billion_USD_in_European_AI_infrastructure\" >One billion USD in European AI infrastructure<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nebius-is-tripling-nvidia-gpu-capacity-at-its-ai-data-centre-in-finland\/#The_Yandex_legacy\" >The Yandex legacy<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            \u201cWelcome on board. I have been tasked with taking you to M\u00e4nts\u00e4l\u00e4 \u2014 in the middle of nowhere,\u201d the minivan driver greets us in the characteristic clear and unhurried intonations of a Finnish native speaker.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00e4nts\u00e4l\u00e4 is, indeed, in the middle of nowhere. But this kind of location is often where you find collections of some of the most powerful machines of today, humming away behind doors along unpretentious corridors.<\/p>\n<p>This includes Nebius\u2019 AI data centre, taking shape in the small community an hour\u2019s drive or so north of Helsinki.<\/p>\n<p>Amsterdam-based Nebius is labelling itself an AI cloud infrastructure company. Its proprietary platform, it says, has been optimised for AI training and inference without performance bottlenecks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper latest channel-cta hs-embed-tnw\">\n<div id=\"hs-embed-tnw\" class=\"channel-cta-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"channel-cta-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tnw.events\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tnw.events\/hardfork-2018\/uploads\/visuals\/tnw-newsletter.png\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"channel-cta-input\">\n<p class=\"channel-cta-title\">The <\/p>\n<p class=\"channel-cta-tagline\">The latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol&#8217; founder Boris, and some questionable AI art. It&#8217;s free, every week, in your inbox. Sign up now!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe AI cloud is different from the \u2018regular\u2019 cloud. In the set of tools, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lications, yes, but the people who use it are also different,\u201d says Nebius\u2019 head of product and infrastructure, Andrey Korolenko.<\/p>\n<p>The would-be European AI infrastructure force has begun amassing a tremendous amount of compute. Today, it announced that it will <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>le the M\u00e4nts\u00e4l\u00e4 capacity to up to 60,000 Nvidia GPUs.<\/p>\n<p>Precisely, this entails deployment of Nvidia\u2019s H200 GPUs, available from November, in addition to already installed H100s. Nebius is also one of the launch partners for Nvidia\u2019s upcoming Blackwell platform.<\/p>\n<p>The Blackwell GB200 will enter mass production in December. Korolenko states that whenever the first unit ships (currently slated for Q1 2025), Nebius will also have it \u201cin a matter of weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Filling_gaps_in_the_AI_training_and_inference_market\"><\/span>Filling gaps in the AI training and inference market<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While others are toiling away to close the gap to Nvidia, the latter\u2019s hardware (along with its CUDA platform) is still the gold standard for AI training and inference. Nebius\u2019 core business is to offer time on its GPUs to everyone from app developers and companies optimising foundation models for their own businesses to AI model tuners and builders, from pre-training to inference, with different levels of support for different levels of skill.<\/p>\n<p>The company has 400+ engineers in its employ, and customers already include the likes of Mistral AI, Genesis Therapeutics, Recraft, and Jetbrains.<\/p>\n<p>Nebius has built custom racks for its Nvidia hardware. \u201cWe are doing it [building the data centre] from the ground up,\u201d Korolenko says. \u201cIf you build it, you can just adjust it,\u201d he adds, addressing the evolving nature of chips along with all the infrastructure requirements this entails.<\/p>\n<p>During our visit, a large batch of racks has just arrived from the manufacturer in Taiwan, and Nebius crew are in the process of unpacking them from their boxes. At the mention of Taiwan, red flags concerning supply chains im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely pop up, and it is not long before the question of \u201cWhat will happen to you in the event of a \u2018reunification\u2019 in the South China Sea?\u201d arises.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat will happen to the world in this case?\u201d Korolenko muses, sounding rather stoic.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1410871 js-lazy\" alt=\"An image of data centre racks for GPU processors being unwrapped and unloaded out of boxes. \" width=\"1640\" height=\"1230\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/10\/Nebius-data-centre-racks.jpg\"\/><figcaption>Nebius is busy setting up new server halls to host its GPUs. Credit: Linnea Ahlgren\/TNW<\/figcaption><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1410871\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/10\/Nebius-data-centre-racks.jpg\" alt=\"An image of data centre racks for GPU processors being unwrapped and unloaded out of boxes. \" width=\"1640\" height=\"1230\" srcset=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>The data centre also houses ISEG, which currently ranks as the 19th fastest supercomputer in the world, and the fastest commercially available in Europe. With 35.26 GFlops per watt-second, it has also made it to number 24 on the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/top500.org\/lists\/green500\/list\/2024\/06\/\">Green Top500 list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"One_billion_USD_in_European_AI_infrastructure\"><\/span>One billion USD in European AI infrastructure<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The build-out of M\u00e4nts\u00e4l\u00e4 is part of a plan to splurge a total of $1bn across Europe by mid-2025, including opening an additional three data centres across the continent (as well as one in an as-of-yet undecided location in North America).<\/p>\n<p>This includes a recent addition in Paris, a colocation deployment based at Equinix\u2019s PA10 campus. The site, located in the Saint-Denis district, has an urban farm on the roof, and heat from its servers was used to heat the Olympic pool during the 2024 summer <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s.<\/p>\n<p>At its M\u00e4nts\u00e4l\u00e4 data centre, Nebius provides heating for about 2,000 homes. A feature that, if replicable, makes the company\u2019s presence an attractive proposition for other remote locations eager to up their green credentials.<\/p>\n<p>Nebius\u2019 data centre currently only utilises air to cool its servers. This will change with the addition of the later GPU models. What will not change is the amount of power that will go back towards heating the neighbouring town \u2014 the percentage, approximately 70%, may even increase when deploying a liquid cooling system. In fact, with the expansion, Nebius will export more heat than the village of M\u00e4nts\u00e4l\u00e4 requires.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Yandex_legacy\"><\/span>The Yandex legacy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You may wonder how come you have not heard of a company with 400 engineers able to get a hold of tens of thousands of highly coveted Nvidia GPUs up until now. Nebius recently emerged from the European remnants of Yandex (which had a long-term relationship with the GPU maker) following the company\u2019s high-profile divestment from Russia.<\/p>\n<p>One of the things to come out of that laborious process, other than the M\u00e4nts\u00e4l\u00e4 data centre, was a few billion dollars in cash. This is currently fueling the rollout of what could end up being a global force in AI infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the legacy from Yandex, Nebius Group is listed on NASDAQ. The group also encompasses data business Toloka, upskilling edtech platform TripleTen, and autonomous driving <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> unit Avride. However, its shares are not currently trading. Earlier this month, it announced it had enlisted Goldman Sachs as its financial advisor with a view to recommence trading further down the line.<\/p>\n<p>Yandex founder Arkady Volozh is Nebius\u2019 CEO, who has <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/yandex-co-founder-volozh-slams-russias-barbaric-invasion-ukraine-2023-08-10\/\">publicly criticised Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine<\/a>. However, along with the M\u00e4nts\u00e4l\u00e4 data centre, Nebius has likely also inherited a certain degree of suspicion due to its origins. The company has moved its employees out of Russia, essentially evacuating thousands of people including whole families to locations outside of the country in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The company does not allow its employees\u00a0to work from inside Russia should they go back and visit. It has also had to go through rigorous vetting from EU authorities to receive approval for the divestment deal.<\/p>\n<p>Its execs, who had to leave behind what they had spent decades building, seem, perhaps understandably, tired of answering questions related to Russia while trying to build something new elsewhere. However, given the critical infrastructure nature of data centres, they might have to practise patience while they field such questions for some time to come.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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