What is the status of AIST ABCI-3 Supercomputer (Japan)?

AIST ABCI-3 Supercomputer (Japan) is currently operational. Known timeline milestones: Announcement 2024, Operational 2025, Earliest market signal 2025.

Who operates AIST ABCI-3 Supercomputer (Japan)?

AIST ABCI-3 Supercomputer (Japan) is operated by National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise and NVIDIA. Structured intelligence reports are available for National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Operator Report and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Operator Report and NVIDIA Operator Report and Japan Country Report.

What energy source does AIST ABCI-3 Supercomputer (Japan) use?

AIST ABCI-3 Supercomputer (Japan) is powered by grid (liquid cooling and efficiency features) energy and is focused on mixed workloads. This is backed by 5 cited sources.

AI data center dossier

AIST ABCI-3 Supercomputer (Japan)

Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan/datacenters/aist-abci-3-ai-supercomputer-japan.html

Operational Grid (liquid cooling and efficiency features)Mixed

Country

Japan

Operator

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Hewlett Packard Enterprise, NVIDIA

Energy

Grid (liquid cooling and efficiency features)

Tracked capacity

Unknown

Evidence profile

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Readiness

86%

Sources attachedVerified

5 citations linked

CoordinatesPublished

35.8622, 139.977

Capacity scopeUnknown

No selected MW value published

Timeline evidencePartial

3 dated fields available

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Record Notes

ABCI 3.0 is AIST's latest AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure platform at AIST Kashiwa, within the University of Tokyo Kashiwa II Campus in Kashiwa, Chiba. ABCI says the platform started full-scale operation in August 2018 and was upgraded to ABCI 3.0 in January 2025. HPE describes ABCI 3.0 as an HPE Cray XD system with NVIDIA H200 GPUs and Quantum-2 InfiniBand, offered as a cloud service for public and private organizations working on generative AI. ABCI's computing resource page reports 6,128 NVIDIA H200 GPUs, 6.2 AI-EFLOPS half precision, and 425 PFLOPS double precision. TOP500 identifies ABCI 3.0 at AIST, installed in 2024, with measured power of 3,596.10 kW; ADCI keeps public capacity as unknown until system-power and facility-capacity scopes are resolved for this record.

Taxonomy Links

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

operators

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

NVIDIA

Japan

Operational

Grid (liquid cooling and efficiency features)

Mixed

Asia

East Asia

2025

Analyst Flags

Selected capacity has not been published yet.

Timeline Signals

Announcement2024

Operational2025

Earliest market signal2025

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Intelligence Reports

Structured analysis covering this facility's operator and market context.

OperatorNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Operator Report$29 — PDF + JSON/CSV OperatorHewlett Packard Enterprise Operator Report$29 — PDF + JSON/CSV OperatorNVIDIA Operator Report$29 — PDF + JSON/CSV CountryJapan Country Report$29 — PDF + JSON/CSV

Frequently asked questions

What is the status of AIST ABCI-3 Supercomputer (Japan)?: AIST ABCI-3 Supercomputer (Japan) is currently operational. Known timeline milestones: Announcement 2024, Operational 2025, Earliest market signal 2025.
Who operates AIST ABCI-3 Supercomputer (Japan)?: AIST ABCI-3 Supercomputer (Japan) is operated by National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise and NVIDIA. Structured intelligence reports are available for National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Operator Report and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Operator Report and NVIDIA Operator Report and Japan Country Report.
What energy source does AIST ABCI-3 Supercomputer (Japan) use?: AIST ABCI-3 Supercomputer (Japan) is powered by grid (liquid cooling and efficiency features) energy and is focused on mixed workloads. This is backed by 5 cited sources.