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SU · Scalable Unit

A repeatable build block (a defined MW + GPU + cooling + fabric increment) that capacity ramps are composed of.

The standardized, repeatable design and procurement increment used to scale a cluster predictably.

Also written as: Scalable Unit

Current numbers

~600 kWRubin Ultra Kyber rack (NVL144) on 800 VDC; ~4.8 MW per 8-rack SU (an NVL1152 domain)as of H2 2027 (announced) · register ↗
250 / 124 GB/sB300 Enhanced reference requirement per 32-node, 256-GPU SU; read/write, not a universal floor; Standard is 80/40 GB/sas of 2025-11 · register ↗
576 GPUs / SUNVIDIA GB200 SuperPOD reference SU; separate from the 512-GPU teaching ledgeras of 2025 · register ↗

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