Denmark’s first AI supercomputer – – was launched with the cooperation of Nvidia

Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s founder and CEO, recently visited Denmark, where together with the country’s king, Frederick X, they symbolically “turned on” the country’s first supercomputer, named Geifon, as part of a ceremonial event. Geifon is based on Nvidia’s DGX SuperPOD system, and 1,528 of the company’s most modern H100 Tensor Core GPUs work together via Quantum-2 InfiniBand connection.

In recent years, Denmark has placed a lot of emphasis on the development of artificial intelligence – Geifon is intended to strengthen further development and the country’s position in high-performance computing. Huang emphasized that Denmark has recognized the importance of artificial intelligence-based technologies, and accordingly actively supports developments in the field.

One of the first users of the supercomputer may be the Danish Meteorological Institute, which hopes that with the help of Geifon, the weather forecast time can be reduced from hours to minutes, while energy consumption can also be significantly reduced.

The costs of the Geifon project amount to approximately DKK 700 million (roughly HUF 38 billion). NOK 600 million of this was provided by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, while the remaining NOK 100 million was covered by the Danish Export and Investment Fund.