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Google Cloud announced that it will make Vera Rubin-based A5X instances available to all customers next month. Related reports noted that early testing by London-based advertising group WPP showed that AI agent workloads that previously required multiple server clusters to run can now run on a single A5X instance. The reports also said that, externally, the racks are interconnected via ConnectX-9 network cards and Google's Virgo network, and can scale across multiple sites to 960K Rubin GPUs; the design is aimed at reinforcement learning, and faster CPU-to-GPU and GPU-to-GPU links can shorten the time per training round. The instances are not yet available, and further developments await disclosure.
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Google Cloud to open Vera Rubin-based A5X instances to all customers next month
Google Cloud will open Vera Rubin-based A5X instances to all customers next month. Early tests by London advertising group WPP show that AI agent workloads that previously required multiple server clusters can run on a single A5X instance. Externally, racks are interconnected via ConnectX-9 network cards and Google's Virgo network, scaling across multiple sites to 960K Rubin GPUs; the design targets reinforcement learning, where faster CPU-to-GPU and GPU-to-GPU links can shorten each training round.