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Google 131072 VR200 CX-9 Hyperscaler Ethernet Cluster Configuration

GOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L

Google · VR200 · CX-9

Rack type
NVL72
Cluster / location
All Other Clusters
Buyer profile
Hyperscaler
Networking type
Ethernet
Number of XPUs
131,072
NIC used
CX-9
NICs / XPU
2
Scale-out BW / XPU
1.6T
XPU / server
72

Scale-up network

7 rows
Assigned blockDefault
VR200 - NVL72
Scale-UpXPU: VR200 NVL727 linesshared by 31 SKUs

Scale-Up Parts Summary

7
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Nvidia NVSwitch 6.0 (NVLink 6)65,53636.000.50
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 144 Bidi (Male)65,53636.000.50
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 144 Bidi (Female)65,53636.000.50
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 72 Bidi (Male)131,07272.001.00
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 72 Bidi (Female)9,437,1845,184.0072.00
NV 224Gb/s SkewClear EXD Gen 2 Bidi Cable9,437,1845,184.0072.00
NVL Spine Chassis (NvLink 6)3,6412.000.03

Backend network

5 rows
Assigned blockDefault
VR200 - NVL72 - CX9 - 2L - ETH - TH6 - GOOG
BackendXPU: VR200 NVL725 linesshared by 1 SKU

Backend Parts Summary

5
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
Generic 800G DR4262,144144.002.00
Generic 800G DR4 Single Mode524,288288.004.00
Generic 1.6T DR8 (SiPho)393,216216.003.00
ConnectX-9 NIC - 800G262,144144.002.00
WhiteBox Tomahawk 6 102.4T6,1443.380.05

Frontend network

11 rows
Assigned blockDefault
VR200 - NVL72 - WhiteBox TH6 - GOOG
FrontendXPU: VR200 NVL7211 linesshared by 1 SKU

Frontend Parts Summary

11
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
WhiteBox Tomahawk 6 102.4T 512 Radix1,57310.0120
WhiteBox Tomahawk 4 25.6T700.0001
WhiteBox Tomahawk 3 12.8T23400.0018
WhiteBox Tomahawk 2 6.4T1,92410.0147
Generic 1.6T DR8 (SiPho)76,114420.5807
Generic 800G DR475,717420.5777
Generic 200G SR433,600180.2563
Generic 800G Single Mode104,168570.7947
Generic 400G Multimode53300.0041
Generic 200G Multimode14,96780.1142
RJ45 Cables92,375510.7048

Compute Tray Networking Content

4 rows
Assigned blockDefault
VR200 - NVL72 - Generic
Compute TrayXPU: VR200 NVL724 linesshared by 31 SKUs

Compute Tray Parts Summary

4
ItemQty/ClusterQty/ServerAttach/XPU
NV Paladin Board to Board 32 Pin 4p8c (Male)131,07272.001.00
NV Paladin Board to Board 64 Pin 4p16c (Male)524,288288.004.00
NV Paladin Board to Board 32 Pin 4p8c (Female)131,07272.001.00
NV Paladin Board to Board 64 Pin 4p16c (Female)524,288288.004.00
2026 share
Nvidia NVSwitch 6.0 (NVLink 6)Σ 100%
%
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 144 Bidi (Male)Σ 100%
%
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 144 Bidi (Female)Σ 100%
%
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 72 Bidi (Male)Σ 100%
%
NV Paladin HD2 224Gb/s 72 Bidi (Female)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: $963,522.00
$4,000.0065,53636.000.50$262,144,000.00$144,000.00650 W42,598,400 W23,400 WScale-Up SwitchGoogleNvidiaDevice LevelNVLinkVR200Scale-UpGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
$576.0065,53636.000.50$37,748,736.00$20,736.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneGoogleNvidiaAmphenolWhite Label224GNVLinkVR200Scale-UpGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
$288.0065,53636.000.50$18,874,368.00$10,368.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneGoogleNvidiaAmphenolWhite Label224GNVLinkVR200Scale-UpGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
$288.00131,07272.001.00$37,748,736.00$20,736.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneGoogleNvidiaAmphenolWhite Label224GNVLinkVR200Scale-UpGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
$144.009,437,1845,184.0072.00$1,358,954,496.00$746,496.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneGoogleNvidiaAmphenolWhite Label224GNVLinkVR200Scale-UpGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
$4.009,437,1845,184.0072.00$37,748,736.00$20,736.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneGoogleNvidiaAmphenolWhite Label224GNVLinkVR200Scale-UpGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
$225.003,6412.000.03$819,200.00$450.000 W0 W0 WBackplaneGoogleOthersOthersDevice LevelNVLinkVR200Scale-UpGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
Per-server cost: $454,200.00
$650.00262,144144.002.00$170,393,600.00$93,600.0017 W4,456,448 W2,448 WTransceiverGoogleAAOIDevice Level224GEthernetFully RetimedVR200BackendGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
$130.00524,288288.004.00$68,157,440.00$37,440.000 W0 W0 WFiberGoogleCorningDevice LevelVR200BackendGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
$810.00393,216216.003.00$318,504,960.00$174,960.0022 W8,650,752 W4,752 WTransceiverGoogleAAOIDevice Level224GEthernetFully RetimedVR200BackendGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
$1,650.00262,1448.002.00$432,537,600.00$13,200.0090 W23,592,960 W720 WNICGoogleNvidiaDevice LevelVR200BackendGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
$40,000.006,1443.380.05$245,760,000.00$135,000.001,697 W10,426,714 W5,728 WSwitchGoogleAcctonDevice LevelVR200BackendGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
Per-server cost: $113,439.85
$40,000.001,5730.860.01$62,935,365.08$34,571.431,700 W2,674,753 W1,469 WSwitchGoogleAcctonDevice LevelVR200FrontendGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
$13,500.0070.000.00$87,771.42$48.21850 W5,526 W3 WSwitchGoogleAcctonDevice LevelVR200FrontendGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
$5,000.002340.130.00$1,170,285.72$642.86450 W105,326 W58 WSwitchGoogleAcctonDevice LevelVR200FrontendGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
$3,072.571,9241.060.01$5,913,070.11$3,248.15250 W481,117 W264 WSwitchGoogleAcctonDevice LevelVR200FrontendGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
$810.0076,11441.810.58$61,652,406.86$33,866.6822 W1,674,510 W920 WTransceiverGoogleAAOIDevice Level224GEthernetFully RetimedVR200FrontendGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
$650.0075,71741.590.58$49,216,365.71$27,035.3617 W1,287,197 W707 WTransceiverGoogleAAOIDevice Level224GEthernetFully RetimedVR200FrontendGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
$130.0033,60018.460.26$4,368,026.41$2,399.435 W168,001 W92 WTransceiverGoogleAAOIDevice Level56GEthernetFully RetimedVR200FrontendGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
$180.00104,16857.220.79$18,750,317.71$10,299.860 W0 W0 WFiberGoogleCorningDevice LevelVR200FrontendGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
$150.005330.290.00$79,969.52$43.930 W0 W0 WFiberGoogleOthersDevice LevelVR200FrontendGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
$150.0014,9678.220.11$2,244,998.10$1,233.210 W0 W0 WFiberGoogleCorningDevice LevelVR200FrontendGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
$1.0092,37550.740.70$92,374.55$50.740 W0 W0 WCableGoogleAmphenolDevice LevelVR200FrontendGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
Per-server cost: $62,208.00
$64.00131,07272.001.00$8,388,608.00$4,608.000 W0 W0 WMidplaneGoogleNvidiaAmphenolWhite Label224GNVLinkVR200Compute TrayGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
$128.00524,288288.004.00$67,108,864.00$36,864.000 W0 W0 WMidplaneGoogleNvidiaAmphenolWhite Label224GNVLinkVR200Compute TrayGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
$32.00131,07272.001.00$4,194,304.00$2,304.000 W0 W0 WMidplaneGoogleNvidiaAmphenolWhite Label224GNVLinkVR200Compute TrayGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
$64.00524,288288.004.00$33,554,432.00$18,432.000 W0 W0 WMidplaneGoogleNvidiaAmphenolWhite Label224GNVLinkVR200Compute TrayGOOG-VR200-CX9-SX6-8P-2L
By fabric
Total Scale-Up$1,754,038,272.00$963,522.0042,598,400 W23,400 W
Total Backend$1,235,353,600.00$454,200.0047,126,874 W13,648 W
Total Frontend$206,510,951.20$113,439.856,396,431 W3,514 W
Total Compute Tray$113,246,208.00$62,208.000 W0 W
Grand Total Cluster Networking$3,309,149,031.20$1,593,369.8596,121,704 W40,561 W
By component
Total Transceivers$604,135,358.98$331,861.4616,236,908 W8,919 W
Total Switches$315,866,492.33$173,510.6513,693,436 W7,522 W
Total Fiber$89,232,725.33$49,017.000 W0 W
Total Cables$92,374.55$50.740 W0 W
Total Connectors
Total NICs$432,537,600.00$13,200.0023,592,960 W720 W