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Google Cloud Adv anced Computing Community Session

Topic: From Supercomputer s to Massive AI Infrastructure: Challenges &\; Opportunities

Speaker(s): Benjamin Treynor Sloss\, Chief Programs Officer\, Engineering\, Google

Abstract: Supercomputers and c loud data centers are the largest HPC and enterprise computing scale infras tructure\, requiring data centers with ~100MW or power. However\, AI needs are driving us to new extreme scales of infrastructure–and power. The trans ition from 100MW facilities to 1–2GW "super-campuses" in the 2026–2027 wind ow represents a fundamental shift in how we architect and operate AI infras tructure. This massive leap in scale introduces complex delivery dynamics\, as the multi-year phased rollout of a 2GW site inevitably collides with th e aggressive 9–15 month refresh cycles of cutting-edge accelerators. Naviga ting this requires a departure from traditional monolithic deployments towa rd a strategy that accounts for heterogeneous hardware tiers arriving mid-c onstruction.

Operationalizing these campuses also demands a rigorous approach to lifecycle management and "crop rotation." While the high-radix \, low-latency interconnects of a concentrated gigawatt-scale footprint are optimized for large-scale collective communication in training workloads\, they are often suboptimal for the distributed redundancy and latency requi rements of production inference. Furthermore\, the sheer volume of componen ts at this scale means hardware failure rates increase linearly\, making "g oodput" the ultimate metric of success. Maintaining productive compute time for the world’s largest jobs now depends on evolving our fault-tolerance a nd recovery protocols to handle a twenty-fold increase in server and fabric interruptions compared to the megawatt-scale era.

Join us to learn about the challenges and opportunities of net-generation AI infrastructure\ , why this is needed for AI\, and how this will benefit science and innovat ion.

Event website: https://sites.google.com/view/advancedcomputingcommunity/from-su percomputers-to-massive-ai-infrastructure
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About the Google Cloud Advanced Computing Community

A rtificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing are impacting and transforming H PC in profound ways\, with quantum computing poised to be an additional dis ruptor. It is more challenging than ever for practitioners to stay apprised of the technologies and trends shaping the future of HPC.

To advanc e and accelerate global understanding and expertise in leveraging cloud-bas ed technologies to solve our most pressing problems across scientific and t echnical computing\, we are creating the Google Cloud Advanced Computing Co mmunity.

This community of practice will bring together thought lead ers and experts from Google\, its partners\, and HPC\, AI\, and quantum com puting organizations around the world for engaging presentations and panels on innovative technologies and their applications. The Community will also leverage Google's uniquely powerful\, comprehensive\, and cloud-native tool s to create the world's most interactive\, dynamic\, and engaging advanced computing community.

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