IBM Blue Vela

IBM uses Blue Vela to train Granite models and conduct AI research. Its published pod size is not treated as a full-cluster GPU count.

IBM Blue Vela is an operational GPU cluster run by IBM. It runs NVIDIA H100; no installed GPU count is published.

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Verified 11 Nov 2026

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Owner / operator Organization that owns or operates the GPUs. Hosting and facility roles are listed under Partners.: IBM 1
GPU maker NVIDIA, AMD or Intel, taken from the GPU model.: NVIDIA 1
GPU model Accelerator model or family as disclosed. A GH200 is one GPU on a superchip; an MI300A is an APU that contains a GPU.: NVIDIA H100 1
GPUs installed Physical GPUs in the cluster, from the operator or a deterministic sum of disclosed quantities (nodes × GPUs per node). Planned counts, H100-equivalents and unaudited press totals are never counted here.: Not published
Location City, region and country where the cluster sits. Empty when the operator does not name the site.: Not published
Live power MW Power in service, in megawatts of IT load where the source says so. Company figures are marked in the notes; Epoch AI satellite estimates are labelled as estimates.: Not published
Status operational = running and named as such by the operator or a primary source; partly operational = a phase is live and more is coming; under construction = building underway; announced = disclosed or contracted with no confirmed go-live.: operational 1
Status notes The source’s wording on status, with the date.: In research use as of August 2025. 1
Figures as of Date of the source disclosure behind the figures, where the source dates it.: 2025-08-04 1
Interconnect Cluster network fabric.: Non-blocking fat-tree InfiniBand 2

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