{"product_id":"asus-ai-pod-xa-gb721-e2-nvidia-gb300-nvl72-rack-scale-ai-supercomputer-72-blackwell-ultra-gpus-36-grace-cpus-liquid-cooled","title":"ASUS AI POD XA GB721-E2 NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 Rack-Scale AI Supercomputer - 72 Blackwell Ultra GPUs, 36 Grace CPUs, Liquid Cooled","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\n.pd-acc { border: 1px solid #e2e2e2; border-radius: 8px; margin: 10px 0; overflow: hidden; }\n.pd-acc summary { cursor: pointer; padding: 14px 16px; font-weight: 700; font-size: 1.05em; list-style: none; display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center; background: #f7f7f7; }\n.pd-acc[open] \u003e summary { border-bottom: 1px solid #e2e2e2; }\n.pd-acc summary::-webkit-details-marker { display: none; }\n.pd-acc summary::after { content: \"+\"; font-size: 1.4em; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1; margin-left: 12px; }\n.pd-acc[open] \u003e summary::after { content: \"\\2212\"; }\n.pd-acc .pd-acc-body { padding: 8px 16px 14px; }\n.pd-spec, .pd-spec tr, .pd-spec td { border: none !important; background: transparent !important; }\n.pd-spec { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse !important; margin: 6px 0 18px; }\n.pd-spec td { padding: 7px 10px 7px 0 !important; border-bottom: 1px solid #ececec !important; vertical-align: top; font-size: 0.95em; text-align: left; }\n.pd-spec td:first-child { width: 38%; font-weight: 600; color: #333; }\n.pd-spec tr:last-child td { border-bottom: none !important; }\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eASUS AI POD XA GB721-E2 NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 Rack-Scale AI Supercomputer, 72 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs, 36 NVIDIA Grace CPUs, 5th-Gen NVLink, ConnectX-8 SuperNIC, BlueField-3 DPU, 48U MGX Rack, Liquid Cooled (XA GB721-E2)\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eASUS AI POD with NVIDIA GB300 NVL72: Built for AI Reasoning\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ASUS XA GB721-E2 is the ASUS AI POD full-rack system built on NVIDIA GB300 NVL72. It combines 72 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs and 36 NVIDIA Grace CPUs in a liquid-cooled, 48U NVIDIA MGX-compliant rack with 18 compute trays and nine NVLink switch trays, engineered for trillion-parameter AI reasoning, LLM training and inference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSourceIT supplies the ASUS XA GB721-E2 in Singapore as a project sale: site readiness, configuration, delivery and ASUS professional services are scoped and quoted per deployment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOne NVLink Domain at 1.8 TB\/s\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFifth-generation NVIDIA NVLink links every GPU in the rack at 1.8 TB\/s, so 72 GPUs work as one unified, high-bandwidth fabric. NVIDIA rates GB300 NVL72 at 1.5x the AI performance of GB200 NVL72.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eConnectX-8 SuperNICs and BlueField-3 DPUs\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNVIDIA ConnectX-8 SuperNICs with NVIDIA Quantum-X800 InfiniBand or Spectrum-X Ethernet provide low-latency scale-out to multi-rack clusters, with BlueField-3 DPUs for accelerated data movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eLiquid-to-Air or Liquid-to-Liquid Cooling\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eManifold-based liquid cooling is offered in liquid-to-air and liquid-to-liquid designs, so the rack can be matched to data halls with or without facility water.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRapid Deployment with ACC and AIDC\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eASUS Control Center (ACC) and ASUS Infrastructure Deployment Center (AIDC) provide zero-touch onboarding, centralized configuration and rack-scale deployment automation, and ASUS backs the rack with end-to-end design, integration and lifecycle services.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdetails class=\"pd-acc\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700;\"\u003eASUS XA GB721-E2 Datasheet - Technical Specifications\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"pd-acc-body\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGeneral\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"pd-spec\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eProduct Name\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eASUS AI POD with NVIDIA GB300 NVL72\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eModel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eXA GB721-E2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePlatform\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNVIDIA GB300 NVL72 (Grace Blackwell Ultra)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForm Factor\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e48U NVIDIA MGX-compliant rack\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWarranty\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePer ASUS quotation and support contract\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCompute\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"pd-spec\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGPUs per Rack\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e72 x NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCPUs per Rack\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e36 x NVIDIA Grace\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCompute Trays\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNVLink Switch Trays\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGPU-to-GPU Interconnect\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFifth-generation NVIDIA NVLink, 1.8 TB\/s\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eServiceability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlackwell Ultra GPU SXM7 and SOCAMM module design\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eNetworking\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"pd-spec\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSuperNIC\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNVIDIA ConnectX-8, 800 Gb\/s per GPU\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDPU\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNVIDIA BlueField-3\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCluster Fabric\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNVIDIA Quantum-X800 InfiniBand or Spectrum-X Ethernet\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCooling, Power and Management\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"pd-spec\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCooling\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eManifold-based liquid cooling; liquid-to-air or liquid-to-liquid\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePower\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRack-level busbar power; power shelf count and redundancy confirmed at quotation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eManagement Software\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eASUS Control Center (ACC), ASUS Infrastructure Deployment Center (AIDC)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRack Dimensions and Weight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSee ASUS datasheet; confirmed at quotation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails class=\"pd-acc\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700;\"\u003eCompatibility \u0026amp; Software Support\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"pd-acc-body\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eNVIDIA AI Software\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe system runs the NVIDIA accelerated computing stack, including CUDA, NVIDIA AI Enterprise, NIM microservices and NGC containers for arm64.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eArm64 Architecture\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Grace CPU is an Arm Neoverse V2 processor, so operating system and container images are arm64 builds. Check any x86-only commercial software before ordering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eASUS AI POD Ecosystem\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eASUS offers storage, networking, cooling and management as part of the AI POD, using validated reference architectures for predictable performance and simpler scaling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails class=\"pd-acc\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700;\"\u003eSite Requirements \u0026amp; Ordering Information\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"pd-acc-body\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat to Plan For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh-density three-phase power for a rack in the 130 kW class\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFacility water loop for liquid-to-liquid cooling, or space and airflow for liquid-to-air units\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFloor loading, delivery path and lift access for a fully populated 48U rack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCluster fabric, storage and management networks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow This Is Sold\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe price shown is an indicative price for one rack. Final pricing depends on configuration and services and is confirmed by formal quotation. Email \u003ca href=\"mailto:sales@sourceit.com.sg\"\u003esales@sourceit.com.sg\u003c\/a\u003e for configuration, lead time and a GST quotation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor deskside AI systems, see the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/nvidia-dgx-spark\"\u003eNVIDIA DGX Spark \u0026amp; DGX Station collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails class=\"pd-acc\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700;\"\u003eDatasheet \u0026amp; Downloads\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"pd-acc-body\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/servers.asus.com\/products\/asus-ai-pod\/nvidia-grace-blackwell\/XA-GB721-E2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eASUS XA GB721-E2 - product page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dlcdnets.asus.com\/pub\/ASUS\/server\/XA%20GB721-E2\/Datasheet\/Datasheet_XA_GB721-E2_NVIDIA_GB300_NVL72_V1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eASUS XA GB721-E2 datasheet (PDF)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.asus.com\/event\/nvidia-gb300-nvl72\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eASUS AI POD with NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 - overview\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails class=\"pd-acc\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700;\"\u003eFrequently Asked Questions - ASUS XA GB721-E2\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"pd-acc-body\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is the ASUS XA GB721-E2?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ASUS AI POD rack built on NVIDIA GB300 NVL72: 72 Blackwell Ultra GPUs and 36 Grace CPUs in a liquid-cooled 48U rack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow is it different from the ASUS ESC NM2N721-E1?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ESC NM2N721-E1 is the earlier GB200 NVL72 rack with Blackwell GPUs. The XA GB721-E2 uses Blackwell Ultra GPUs on the GB300 NVL72 platform.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDoes it need facility water?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot always. ASUS offers liquid-to-liquid cooling for sites with facility water and liquid-to-air cooling for sites without.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow do I buy it in Singapore?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmail sales@sourceit.com.sg. 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