NVIDIA BLACKWELL

GB300 NVL72 at Q01 — Already in Production

QScale is among the first colocation providers to host large-scale NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 clusters. Our infrastructure was designed for exactly this moment: the power density, liquid cooling, and floor capacity that Blackwell Ultra demands — already in production at Q01.

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Blackwell Ultra GPUs per rack

1.4 EF

ExaFLOPS of FP4 compute per rack

21 TB

HBM3e memory per rack

130 TB/s

NVLink 5 bandwidth per rack

Purpose-Built for the Most Demanding AI Hardware

The NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 is the most powerful rack-scale AI system ever produced — 72 Blackwell Ultra GPUs, 36 Grace CPUs, and over 1 exaFLOP of FP4 compute in a single liquid-cooled rack. It requires infrastructure that most data centers simply cannot provide. Q01 was designed for it from day one.

600kW+ liquid-cooled cabinets — production-ready
Reinforced floors rated for 3,500 lb racks
142MW total campus capacity for cluster-scale deployments
Free cooling 80% of the year — PUE under 1.2
Q01 liquid cooling infrastructure

Why Q01 Is the Right Home for GB300

Liquid cooling from day one

GB300 NVL72 racks are fully liquid-cooled — 90% of heat goes to liquid, 10% to air. Q01 was engineered with chilled water loops, coolant distribution units, and direct-to-chip liquid cooling infrastructure before Blackwell was announced. No retrofitting required.

Power density that matches the hardware

Each GB300 NVL72 rack draws up to 155kW. At scale, a 64-rack cluster needs nearly 10MW of contiguous power. Q01 delivers 600kW+ per cabinet position and 142MW of total campus capacity — enough for the largest training clusters in production today.

Floors built for extreme loads

A fully loaded GB300 NVL72 rack weighs over 3,000 pounds. Q01's reinforced concrete floors were designed for this from the start — no structural upgrades needed, no load-bearing compromises.

COLD CLIMATE Advantage

Canada's cold climate delivers free cooling for up to 80% of the year. For GB300 clusters generating hundreds of kilowatts of heat per rack, this translates directly to greater efficiency and a PUE under 1.2.

LIQUID Cooling from Day One

Q01 was engineered with chilled water loops, coolant distribution units, and direct-to-chip liquid cooling before Blackwell was announced. GB300 racks send 90% of heat to liquid — our infrastructure was built for exactly this.

From One Rack to Thousands

Multi-rack cluster networking

GB300 NVL72 uses NVLink 5 for intra-rack communication at 130 TB/s aggregate bandwidth. For scale-out across racks, Q01 supports both NVIDIA Quantum-X800 InfiniBand and Spectrum-X800 Ethernet at 800 Gb/s per GPU.

Modular expansion for growing clusters

Q01's phased design means you can start with a single rack and expand to multi-megawatt clusters without changing facilities. Each phase adds ~39,000 sq. ft. of white space, pre-plumbed for liquid cooling and pre-wired for high-density power delivery.

Proven at scale with HPE

QScale has already delivered large-scale AI infrastructure in partnership with HPE — on time, on budget, with a PUE under 1.2 and 20%+ energy savings. The same operational rigor applies to every GB300 deployment at Q01.

GB300 Specifications

Per-Rack Compute

72 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs + 36 Grace CPUs (Arm)
1.4 exaFLOPS FP4 | ~360 PFLOPS FP8 | ~180 PFLOPS FP16/BF16
21 TB HBM3e (288 GB per GPU) | Up to 40 TB fast memory (HBM + LPDDR5X)
576 TB/s aggregate HBM bandwidth

Interconnect

NVLink 5.0: 1.8 TB/s per GPU, 130 TB/s aggregate per rack
ConnectX-8 SuperNIC: 800 Gb/s per GPU scale-out
Quantum-X800 InfiniBand or Spectrum-X800 Ethernet supported

Power & Cooling

~135 kW TDP per rack, up to ~155 kW peak
Fully liquid-cooled: direct-to-chip, 90% heat to liquid
Warm water inlet up to 45°C supported
Q01 supports 600kW+ per cabinet position

Physical

48U MGX rack form factor
~3,000–3,500 lbs per fully loaded rack
Q01 reinforced concrete floors rated for extreme loads

Q01 Infrastructure

142 MW total campus capacity (114 MW usable IT capacity)
266MVA QScale-owned substation with 2N redundancy
Renewable hydroelectricity
Free cooling up to 80% of the year | PUE under 1.2
Modular phases: ~39,000 sq. ft. white space each, pre-plumbed for liquid cooling

Deploy GB300 at Q01

Our team is ready to scope your Blackwell cluster requirements.