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Google 18432 GB200 NVL36x2 CX-7 Hyperscaler Ethernet Cluster Configuration

GOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R

Google · GB200 · CX-7

Rack type
NVL36x2
Cluster / location
Default GB200 NVL36x2
Buyer profile
Hyperscaler
Networking type
Ethernet
Number of XPUs
18,432
NIC used
CX-7
NICs / XPU
1
Scale-out BW / XPU
400G
XPU / server
72

Scale-up network

8 rows
Assigned blockDefault
GB200 - NVL36x2
Scale-UpXPU: GB200 NVL36x28 linesshared by 6 SKUs

Scale-Up Parts Summary

8
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Nvidia NVSwitch 5.0 (NVLink 5)9,21636.000.50
NV 1 UltraPass OverPass 72 DP 224Gb/s18,43272.001.00
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 72 DP (Male)55,296216.003.00
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 72 DP (Female)55,296216.003.00
NV 224Gb/s SkewClear EXD Gen 2 Cable1,327,1045,184.0072.00
NV OverPass DensiLink UltraPass (NVLink 5)82,944324.004.50
NV 1.6T Twin Port OSFP 2x800G LinkX NVLink5 ACC41,472162.002.25
NVL Spine Chassis (NvLink 5)1,0244.000.06

Backend network

6 rows
Assigned blockDefault
GB200 - NVL36x2 - CX7 - 3L - ETH - TH5 - GOOG
BackendXPU: GB200 NVL36x26 linesshared by 1 SKU

Backend Parts Summary

6
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Generic 400G SR418,43272.001.00
Generic 400G Multimode18,43272.001.00
Generic 800G DR846,080180.002.50
Generic 400G Single Mode36,864144.002.00
ConnectX-7 NIC - 400G18,43272.001.00
WhiteBox Tomahawk 5 51.2T9443.690.05

Frontend network

11 rows
Assigned blockDefault
GB200 - NVL36x2 - WhiteBox TH5 - GOOG
FrontendXPU: GB200 NVL36x211 linesshared by 1 SKU

Frontend Parts Summary

11
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
WhiteBox Tomahawk 5 51.2T22110.0120
WhiteBox Tomahawk 3 12.8T100.0001
WhiteBox Tomahawk 2 6.4T3300.0018
Generic 1GbE Ethernet27110.0147
Generic 800G DR810,704420.5807
Generic 400G SR810,648420.5777
Generic 100G SR4 QSFP284,725180.2563
Generic 800G Single Mode14,649570.7947
Generic 400G Multimode7500.0041
Generic 100G Multimode2,10580.1142
RJ45 Cables12,990510.7048

Compute Tray Networking Content

3 rows
Assigned blockDefault
GB200 - NVL36x2 - Generic
Compute TrayXPU: GB200 NVL36x23 linesshared by 5 SKUs

Compute Tray Parts Summary

3
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
NV MCIO PCIe x16 Connector9,21636.000.50
NV MCIO PCIe x16 Cable9,21636.000.50
NV DensiLink OverPass to OSFP Cage18,43272.001.00
2026 share
Nvidia NVSwitch 5.0 (NVLink 5)Σ 100%
%
NV 1 UltraPass OverPass 72 DP 224Gb/sΣ 100%
%
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 72 DP (Male)Σ 100%
%
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 72 DP (Female)Σ 100%
%
NV 224Gb/s SkewClear EXD Gen 2 CableΣ 100%
%
NV 1.6T Twin Port OSFP 2x800G LinkX NVLink5 ACCΣ 100%
%
NVL Spine Chassis (NvLink 5)Σ 100%
%
ItemUnit CostQuantityQuantity (per Server)Quantity (per XPU)Extended Price for ClusterExtended Price per ServerPower (W) per UnitExtended Power (W) per ClusterExtended Power (W) per ServerDevice TypeHyperscalerVendorManufacturerComponentSpeedSerDes SpeedProtocolTechnologyXPUNetworkTab Name
Per-server cost: $305,988.00
$3,200.009,21636.000.50$29,491,200.00$115,200.00407 W3,754,598 W14,666 WScale-Up SwitchGoogleNvidiaDevice LevelNVLinkGB200Scale-UpGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
$360.0018,43272.001.00$6,635,520.00$25,920.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneGoogleNvidiaAmphenolWhite LabelGB200Scale-UpGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
$288.0055,296216.003.00$15,925,248.00$62,208.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneGoogleNvidiaAmphenolWhite Label224GNVLinkGB200Scale-UpGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
$144.0055,296216.003.00$7,962,624.00$31,104.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneGoogleNvidiaAmphenolWhite Label224GNVLinkGB200Scale-UpGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
$4.001,327,1045,184.0072.00$5,308,416.00$20,736.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneGoogleNvidiaAmphenolWhite Label224GNVLinkGB200Scale-UpGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
$80.0082,944324.004.50$6,635,520.00$25,920.000 W0 W0 WCableGoogleOthersOthersWhite LabelGB200Scale-UpGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
$150.0041,472162.002.25$6,220,800.00$24,300.000 W0 W0 WACCGoogleOthersOthersWhite LabelGB200Scale-UpGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
$150.001,0244.000.06$153,600.00$600.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneGoogleOthersOthersDevice LevelNVLinkGB200Scale-UpGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
Per-server cost: $211,186.25
$230.0018,43272.001.00$4,239,360.00$16,560.009 W165,888 W648 WTransceiverGoogleAAOIDevice Level112GEthernetFully RetimedGB200BackendGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
$150.0018,43272.001.00$2,764,800.00$10,800.000 W0 W0 WFiberGoogleOthersDevice LevelGB200BackendGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
$500.0046,080180.002.50$23,040,000.00$90,000.0016 W737,280 W2,880 WTransceiverGoogleAAOIDevice Level112GEthernetFully RetimedGB200BackendGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
$130.0036,864144.002.00$4,792,320.00$18,720.000 W0 W0 WFiberGoogleAmphenolDevice LevelGB200BackendGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
$800.0018,4324.001.00$14,745,600.00$3,200.0050 W921,600 W200 WNICGoogleNvidiaDevice LevelGB200BackendGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
$19,500.009443.690.05$18,408,000.00$71,906.251,200 W1,132,800 W4,425 WSwitchGoogleAcctonDevice LevelGB200BackendGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
Per-server cost: $58,569.87
$19,500.002210.860.01$4,314,514.29$16,853.571,200 W265,509 W1,037 WSwitchGoogleAcctonDevice LevelGB200FrontendGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
$5,000.0010.000.00$4,571.43$17.86450 W411 W2 WSwitchGoogleAcctonDevice LevelGB200FrontendGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
$3,072.57330.130.00$101,131.48$395.04250 W8,229 W32 WSwitchGoogleAcctonDevice LevelGB200FrontendGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
$350.002711.060.01$94,720.00$370.00100 W27,063 W106 WSwitchGoogleAcctonDevice LevelGB200FrontendGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
$500.0010,70441.810.58$5,351,771.43$20,905.3616 W171,257 W669 WTransceiverGoogleAAOIDevice Level112GEthernetFully RetimedGB200FrontendGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
$180.0010,64841.590.58$1,916,598.86$7,486.718 W85,182 W333 WTransceiverGoogleCloudlightDevice Level56GEthernetFully RetimedGB200FrontendGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
$49.504,72518.460.26$233,876.98$913.583 W14,175 W55 WTransceiverGoogleAAOIDevice Level28GEthernetFully RetimedGB200FrontendGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
$180.0014,64957.220.79$2,636,763.43$10,299.860 W0 W0 WFiberGoogleCorningDevice LevelGB200FrontendGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
$150.00750.290.00$11,245.71$43.930 W0 W0 WFiberGoogleOthersDevice LevelGB200FrontendGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
$150.002,1058.220.11$315,702.86$1,233.210 W0 W0 WFiberGoogleCorningDevice LevelGB200FrontendGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
$1.0012,99050.740.70$12,990.17$50.740 W0 W0 WCableGoogleAmphenolDevice LevelGB200FrontendGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
Per-server cost: $4,005.00
$1.259,21636.000.50$11,520.00$45.000 W0 W0 WConnectorGoogleAmphenolAmphenolWhite LabelGB200Compute TrayGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
$35.009,21636.000.50$322,560.00$1,260.000 W0 W0 WCableGoogleAmphenolAmphenolWhite LabelGB200Compute TrayGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
$37.5018,43272.001.00$691,200.00$2,700.000 W0 W0 WCableGoogleAmphenolAmphenolWhite LabelGB200Compute TrayGOOG-GB200NVL36x2-Eth-4R
By fabric
Total Scale-Up$78,332,928.00$305,988.003,754,598 W14,666 W
Total Backend$67,990,080.00$211,186.252,957,568 W8,153 W
Total Frontend$14,993,886.64$58,569.87571,825 W2,234 W
Total Compute Tray$1,025,280.00$4,005.000 W0 W
Grand Total Cluster Networking$162,342,174.64$579,749.127,283,992 W25,053 W
By component
Total Transceivers$34,781,607.27$135,865.651,173,782 W4,585 W
Total Switches$22,922,937.20$89,542.721,434,011 W5,602 W
Total Fiber$10,520,832.00$41,097.000 W0 W
Total Cables$7,662,270.17$29,930.740 W0 W
Total Connectors$11,520.00$45.000 W0 W
Total NICs$14,745,600.00$3,200.00921,600 W200 W