NVIDIA Introduces Spectrum-XGS Ethernet to Connect Distributed Data Centres into Giga-Scale AI Super-Factories

NVIDIA recently announced NVIDIA® Spectrum-XGS Ethernet, a scale-across technology for combining distributed data centres into unified, giga-scale Artificial Intelligence (AI) super-factories.

As AI demand surges, individual data centres are reaching the limits of power and capacity within a single facility. To expand, data centres must scale beyond any one building, which is limited by off-the-shelf Ethernet networking infrastructure with high latency and jitter, and unpredictable performance.

Spectrum-XGS Ethernet is a breakthrough addition to the NVIDIA Spectrum-X™ Ethernet platform that removes these boundaries by introducing scale-across infrastructure. It serves as a third pillar of AI computing beyond scale-up and scale-out, designed for extending the extreme performance and scale of Spectrum-X Ethernet to interconnect multiple, distributed data centres to form massive AI super-factories capable of giga-scale intelligence.

“The AI industrial revolution is here, and giant-scale AI factories are the essential infrastructure,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “With NVIDIA Spectrum-XGS Ethernet, we add scale-across to scale-up and scale-out capabilities to link data centres across cities, nations, and continents into vast, giga-scale AI super-factories.”

Spectrum-XGS Ethernet is fully integrated into the Spectrum-X platform, featuring algorithms that dynamically adapt the network to the distance between data centre facilities.

Levelling Up Performance with the Spectrum-XGS Ethernet

With advanced, auto-adjusted distance congestion control, precision latency management, and end-to-end telemetry, Spectrum-XGS Ethernet nearly doubles the performance of the NVIDIA Collective Communications Library, accelerating multi-GPU and multi-node communication to deliver predictable performance across geographically distributed AI clusters. As a result, multiple data centres can operate as a single AI super-factory, fully optimised for long-distance connectivity.

Hyperscale pioneers embracing the new infrastructure include CoreWeave, which will be among the first to connect its data centres with Spectrum-XGS Ethernet.

“CoreWeave’s mission is to deliver the most powerful AI infrastructure to innovators everywhere,” said Peter Salanki, cofounder and chief technology officer of CoreWeave. “With NVIDIA Spectrum-XGS, we can connect our data centres into a single, unified supercomputer, giving our customers access to giga-scale AI that will accelerate breakthroughs across every industry.”

The Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform provides greater bandwidth density than off-the-shelf Ethernet for multi-tenant, hyperscale AI factories — including the world’s largest AI supercomputer. It comprises NVIDIA Spectrum-X switches, and NVIDIA ConnectX®-8 SuperNICs, delivering seamless scalability, ultralow latency, and breakthrough performance for enterprises building the future of AI.

This announcement follows a drumbeat of networking innovation announcements from NVIDIA, including NVIDIA Spectrum-X, and NVIDIA Quantum-X silicon photonics networking switches, which enable AI factories to connect millions of GPUs across sites while reducing energy consumption and operational costs.

Availability

NVIDIA’s latest offering is available now as part of the NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet platform.