AI Infrastructure Partner • South Africa

Powering the World's
Largest AI.

VCB brings Supermicro's enterprise GPU servers to South Africa. From xAI Colossus to your data centre—the same infrastructure powering the world's most ambitious AI.

NVLink Bandwidth

1.8 TB/s

GB200 NVL72 SuperCluster

GPU Density

72 GPUs

Per SuperCluster Rack

Proven Scale

xAI

Colossus Supercomputer

The VCB × Supermicro Vision
"When Elon Musk needed to build the world's largest AI supercomputer, he chose Supermicro."

xAI Colossus—the largest AI training cluster ever built—runs on Supermicro infrastructure. 100,000+ NVIDIA H100 GPUs, deployed in record time.

South African enterprises now have access to the exact same technology. VCB delivers Supermicro's liquid-cooled GPU systems, HGX platforms, and enterprise-grade SuperCluster solutions—locally supported, locally deployed.

Whether you need 4 GPUs for inference or 72 GPUs per rack for large-scale training, Supermicro's modular architecture scales with your ambition.

Supermicro GPU Technology Partners

NVIDIA AMD Intel Red Hat
AI Infrastructure

GPU Server Platforms

From edge inference to exascale training—Supermicro offers the industry's most comprehensive GPU portfolio.

Flagship rocket_launch

GB200 NVL72 SuperCluster

The ultimate AI training platform. 72 Blackwell GPUs per rack with 1.8TB/s NVLink bandwidth.

  • check_circle 72× NVIDIA GB200 GPUs
  • check_circle Direct liquid cooling
  • check_circle Trillion parameter models
Enterprise dns

10U Universal GPU

Maximum GPU density in a standard rack. 16 GPUs with PCIe Gen5 and liquid cooling support.

  • check_circle 16× H200/H100/B200 GPUs
  • check_circle PCIe Gen5 x16 slots
  • check_circle Air or liquid cooled
NVIDIA HGX developer_board

8U NVIDIA HGX B200

NVIDIA-certified HGX baseboard with 8 Blackwell GPUs and NVLink interconnect.

  • check_circle 8× B200 with NVSwitch
  • check_circle 900GB/s NVLink
  • check_circle DGX-class performance
Blade view_module

GPU SuperBlade

High-density blade architecture for inference and distributed training workloads.

  • check_circle Up to 20 blades per 8U
  • check_circle L40S / L4 optimized
  • check_circle Shared infrastructure
Multi-Node hub

BigTwin GPU

4 nodes in 2U with GPU acceleration. Perfect for multi-tenant AI and VDI deployments.

  • check_circle 4 nodes per 2U chassis
  • check_circle Hot-swap GPUs
  • check_circle High availability
Edge AI router

Hyper-E Edge

Ruggedized edge compute with GPU acceleration. Built for mining, manufacturing, and remote sites.

  • check_circle Short-depth chassis
  • check_circle Extended temperature
  • check_circle L4 / L40S inference
Thermal Innovation

End-to-End
Liquid Cooling

Modern AI GPUs generate 700W+ of heat. Air cooling can't keep up. Supermicro's liquid cooling solutions deliver 40% better thermal performance while reducing data centre PUE.

water_drop

Direct-to-Chip Cooling

Cold plates mounted directly on GPU dies for maximum heat extraction.

thermostat

Rear Door Heat Exchangers

Retrofit liquid cooling to existing racks. No facility modifications required.

ac_unit

CDU Integration

Complete coolant distribution units designed for AI data centre scale.

Thermal Efficiency

CDU
GPU

40%

Better Cooling

25%

Lower PUE

1kW+

Per GPU

Critical for South Africa's power-constrained data centres. Maximize AI performance per watt.

GPU Portfolio

Every Major AI Accelerator

Supermicro supports the full spectrum of NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel accelerators.

N

NVIDIA GPUs

  • GB200 NVL72 New
  • B200 / B300 Blackwell
  • H200 141GB HBM3e
  • H100 NVL/SXM Hopper
  • L40S Inference
  • L4 Edge
A

AMD Instinct

  • MI300X 192GB HBM3
  • MI300A APU
  • MI250X HPC
  • MI210 CDNA 2

ROCm software stack with open-source AI frameworks.

I

Intel Gaudi

  • Gaudi 3 New
  • Gaudi 2 96GB HBM2e
  • Max Series GPUs Data Center

Cost-effective alternative for PyTorch and JAX workloads.

Case Study

xAI Colossus

The world's largest AI supercomputer—100,000+ GPUs, deployed in record time on Supermicro infrastructure.

100K+

NVIDIA H100 GPUs

19 Days

From Truck to Training

#1

World's Largest

Grok

Powers xAI's LLM

"Supermicro's speed of deployment and liquid cooling expertise made Colossus possible."

— Industry Analysis

Local Advantage

Why Supermicro for South Africa

bolt

Power Efficiency

With load shedding a reality, every watt matters. Supermicro's liquid-cooled systems deliver maximum AI performance per kilowatt—critical for South African grid constraints.

engineering

VCB Local Support

Don't wait for international support tickets. VCB provides in-country deployment, integration, and ongoing support for your Supermicro AI infrastructure.

lock

Data Sovereignty

Keep your AI training data on-premise and POPIA compliant. No cloud egress, no cross-border data transfers, full control of your intellectual property.

Get Started

Ready to Build Your
AI Infrastructure?

From single GPU servers to multi-rack SuperClusters, VCB brings Supermicro's world-class AI infrastructure to South Africa.

Or mail us directly at [email protected]