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What you need to know
- NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and King Frederik X of Denmark recently launched Gefion.
- Gefion is an AI-powered supercomputer with 1,528 H100 AI GPUs to promote quantum computing and medical research.
- The project reportedly took six months from announcement to completion, potentially placing Danish business enterprises in a better position to compete with international rivals.
Earlier this week, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and King Frederik X of Denmark launched Gefion, — an AI supercomputer designed to promote quantum computing and medical research. For context, the supercomputer is based on NVIDIA’s DGX SuperPOD AI data center infrastructure platform and leverages the power of 1,528 H100 AI GPUs to advance.
While launching the groundbreaking tech at an event in Copenhagen, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang indicated:
“Gefion is going to be a factory of intelligence. And this factory of intelligence is a new industry that never existed before; it sits on top of the IT industry — we’re inventing something fundamentally new. Denmark recognizes that to innovate in AI, the most impactful technology of our time, it must foster a domestic AI infrastructure and ecosystem. The Gefion supercomputer will supercharge the scientists of Denmark with local AI computing infrastructure to drive advancements in life sciences, climate research, and quantum computing.”
Denmark’s new supercomputer, Gefion, named after a goddess in Danish mythology, will present new and untapped opportunities, including advancements in the green transition, tailor-made solutions, and more. “In a time of heightened international competition, this supercomputer acts as a vital enabler for advancing Danish businesses into the future,” added Morten Bødskov, the Minister for Industry, Business, and Financial Affairs.
channeledThe public-private partnership between the Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO) heavily influenced the development of Gefion. Novo Nordisk Foundation channeled $87 million towards the initial cost of developing the supercomputer, while the latter contributed $14.5 million. For context, the Danish Centre for AI Innovation A/S (DCAI) owns and will operate the supercomputer, with Novo Nordisk being among the first beneficiaries to leverage the system’s powerful capabilities.
According to Jensen Huang:
“The era of computer-aided drug discovery must be within this decade. I’m hoping that what the computer did to the technology industry, it will do for digital biology.”
Danish Centre for AI Innovation CEO Nadia Carlsten indicated that the complex state-of-the-art project only took six months from announcement to completion. “I am extremely proud of the team that came together and collaborated to turn this vision into a reality, delivering a leading capability that is now ready for customers to start testing new use cases,” added Carlsten. “Gefion is the game-changer that many innovators had been waiting for.”
This news comes weeks after NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang lauded xAI’s efforts in setting up 100,000 H200 AI GPUs in under three weeks, branding Elon Musk a superhuman for achieving what would take everyone four years in just 19 days.