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Liquid-Cooled Blackwell Cluster Strengthens Irelandโs AI Compute Capacity
Cloud computing provider CloudCIX and AI infrastructure company AlloComp have completed the deployment of a liquid-cooled Nvidia supercomputing cluster at CloudCIXโs data center in Cork, Ireland. The system has been installed and is scheduled to become operational in the coming weeks, expanding local access to high-performance AI compute infrastructure.
The newly deployed system is based on Nvidiaโs HGX architecture and incorporates Nvidia Blackwell B200 chips. The HGX configuration integrates eight B200 processors connected through high-speed interconnects, supporting large-scale AI training and inference workloads. According to AlloComp, the assembled system measures approximately 2.5 meters in height and weighs close to one metric ton, reflecting the density of the compute platform.
The deployment represents an upgrade from the previous Boole supercomputer hosted at the Cork facility. The companies involved described the new installation as the first liquid-cooled Blackwell-based cluster to be deployed in Europe, marking a notable milestone in the regionโs advanced computing landscape.
Jerry Sweeney, Managing Director of CloudCIX, said: โMore and more Irish companies are working with AI models that demand extreme performance and tight control over data. This upgrade gives industry, startups, and applied researchers a world-class compute platform here in Ireland, close to their teams, their systems, and their customers.โ
The use of liquid cooling reflects growing industry adoption of advanced thermal management techniques to support increasingly power-dense AI systems. The configuration is designed to balance performance requirements with operational efficiency and sustainability considerations.
Kasia Zabinska, Co-founder of AlloComp, added, โSupporting CloudCIX in delivering Irelandโs first liquid-cooled system of this type is an important milestone. The result is a high-density platform designed to give Irish teams the performance, control, and sustainability they need to develop and deploy AI.โ
AlloCompโs cloud-focused subsidiary, AlloCloud, acted as CloudCIXโs infrastructure partner for the project, supporting system selection, coordinating supply logistics, and managing the technical deployment of the platform.
CloudCIX, also known as the Cork Internet Exchange, launched its Cork data center in 2011. The company operates a public cloud built on the OpenStack cloud computing platform and continues to expand its infrastructure to support enterprise, research, and emerging AI-driven workloads within Ireland.
