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Meta 16000 A100 CX-6 Hyperscaler Ethernet Cluster Configuration
META-A100-CX6-IB-NV-16KRSC
Meta · A100 · CX-6
Rack type
NVL8
Cluster / location
16k RSC Infiniband Cluster
Buyer profile
Hyperscaler
Networking type
Ethernet
Number of XPUs
16,000
NIC used
CX-6
NICs / XPU
1
Scale-out BW / XPU
200G
XPU / server
8
Scale-up network
1 rows
Assigned blockDefault
A100 - NVL8
Scale-UpXPU: A100 NVL81 lineshared by 9 SKUs
Scale-Up Parts Summary
1
| Item | Qty/Cluster | Qty/Server | Attach/XPU |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nvidia NVSwitch 2.0 (NVLink 3) | 12,000 | 6.00 | 0.75 |
Backend network
4 rows
Assigned blockDefault
A100 - NVL8 - CX6 - 3L - IB - QM8700 - META
BackendXPU: A100 NVL84 linesshared by 1 SKU
Backend Parts Summary
4
| Item | Qty/Cluster | Qty/Server | Attach/XPU |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nvidia LinkX 200G DR4 QSFP56 | 96,000 | 48.00 | 6.00 |
| Nvidia LinkX 200G Single Mode | 48,000 | 24.00 | 3.00 |
| ConnectX-6 NIC - 200G | 16,000 | 8.00 | 1.00 |
| Quantum InfiniBand HDR (QM8700) | 2,000 | 1.00 | 0.13 |
Frontend network
11 rows
Assigned blockDefault
A100 - NVL8 - SN5600 - Generic
FrontendXPU: A100 NVL811 linesshared by 8 SKUs
Frontend Parts Summary
11
| Item | Qty/Cluster | Qty/Server | Attach/XPU |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum-4 51.2T (SN5600) | 19 | 0 | 0.0012 |
| Spectrum-3 12.8T (SN4700) | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 |
| Spectrum-2 6.4T (SN3700) | 3 | 0 | 0.0002 |
| Spectrum-2 1GbE (SN2201) | 23 | 0 | 0.0015 |
| Nvidia LinkX 800G SR8 | 929 | 0 | 0.0581 |
| Nvidia LinkX 400G SR4 | 924 | 0 | 0.0578 |
| Nvidia LinkX 100G SR4 QSFP28 | 410 | 0 | 0.0256 |
| Nvidia LinkX 800G Multimode | 1,272 | 1 | 0.0795 |
| Nvidia LinkX 400G Multimode | 7 | 0 | 0.0004 |
| Nvidia LinkX 100G Multimode | 183 | 0 | 0.0114 |
| RJ45 Cables | 1,128 | 1 | 0.0705 |
Compute Tray Networking Content
1 rows
Assigned blockDefault
A100 - NVL8 - Generic
Compute TrayXPU: A100 NVL81 lineshared by 8 SKUs
Compute Tray Parts Summary
1
| Item | Qty/Cluster | Qty/Server | Attach/XPU |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVLink PCIe 4.0 x16 Retimer | 16,000 | 8.00 | 1.00 |
2026 share
Nvidia NVSwitch 2.0 (NVLink 3)Σ 100%
%
| Item | Unit Cost | Quantity | Quantity (per Server) | Quantity (per XPU) | Extended Price for Cluster | Extended Price per Server | Power (W) per Unit | Extended Power (W) per Cluster | Extended Power (W) per Server | Device Type | Hyperscaler | Vendor | Manufacturer | Component | Speed | SerDes Speed | Protocol | Technology | XPU | Network | Tab Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Per-server cost: $4,000.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| $666.67 | 12,000 | 6.00 | 0.75 | $8,000,000.00 | $4,000.00 | 255 W | 3,064,149 W | 1,532 W | Scale-Up Switch | Meta | Nvidia | — | Device Level | — | — | NVLink | — | A100 | Scale-Up | META-A100-CX6-IB-NV-16KRSC | |
Per-server cost: $44,893.46 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| $375.00 | 96,000 | 48.00 | 6.00 | $36,000,000.00 | $18,000.00 | 5 W | 480,000 W | 240 W | Transceiver | Meta | Nvidia | Mellanox, Others | White Label | — | 56G | InfiniBand | Fully Retimed | A100 | Backend | META-A100-CX6-IB-NV-16KRSC | |
| $325.00 | 48,000 | 24.00 | 3.00 | $15,600,000.00 | $7,800.00 | 0 W | 0 W | 0 W | Fiber | Meta | Others | — | White Label | — | — | — | — | A100 | Backend | META-A100-CX6-IB-NV-16KRSC | |
| $500.00 | 16,000 | 8.00 | 1.00 | $8,000,000.00 | $4,000.00 | 38 W | 600,000 W | 300 W | NIC | Meta | Nvidia | — | Device Level | — | — | — | — | A100 | Backend | META-A100-CX6-IB-NV-16KRSC | |
| $15,093.46 | 2,000 | 1.00 | 0.13 | $30,186,917.70 | $15,093.46 | 418 W | 835,171 W | 418 W | Switch | Meta | Nvidia | — | Device Level | — | — | — | — | A100 | Backend | META-A100-CX6-IB-NV-16KRSC | |
Per-server cost: $13,619.76 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| $23,000.00 | 192 | 0.10 | 0.01 | $4,417,460.32 | $2,208.73 | 950 W | 182,460 W | 91 W | Switch | Meta | Nvidia | — | Device Level | — | — | Ethernet | — | A100 | Frontend | META-A100-CX6-IB-NV-16KRSC | |
| $21,600.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | $17,142.86 | $8.57 | 630 W | 500 W | 0 W | Switch | Meta | Nvidia | — | Device Level | — | — | Ethernet | — | A100 | Frontend | META-A100-CX6-IB-NV-16KRSC | |
| $13,273.51 | 29 | 0.01 | 0.00 | $379,243.05 | $189.62 | 250 W | 7,143 W | 4 W | Switch | Meta | Nvidia | — | Device Level | — | — | Ethernet | — | A100 | Frontend | META-A100-CX6-IB-NV-16KRSC | |
| $2,400.00 | 235 | 0.12 | 0.01 | $563,809.52 | $281.90 | 150 W | 35,238 W | 18 W | Switch | Meta | Nvidia | — | Device Level | — | — | Ethernet | — | A100 | Frontend | META-A100-CX6-IB-NV-16KRSC | |
| $930.23 | 9,291 | 4.65 | 0.58 | $8,643,041.71 | $4,321.52 | 14 W | 130,078 W | 65 W | Transceiver | Meta | Nvidia | Coherent, Eoptolink, Innolight, Mellanox | White Label | — | 112G | InfiniBand | Fully Retimed | A100 | Frontend | META-A100-CX6-IB-NV-16KRSC | |
| $575.00 | 9,243 | 4.62 | 0.58 | $5,314,642.86 | $2,657.32 | 9 W | 83,186 W | 42 W | Transceiver | Meta | Nvidia | Coherent, Innolight, Mellanox | White Label | — | 112G | InfiniBand | Fully Retimed | A100 | Frontend | META-A100-CX6-IB-NV-16KRSC | |
| $123.74 | 4,102 | 2.05 | 0.26 | $507,545.54 | $253.77 | 3 W | 12,305 W | 6 W | Transceiver | Meta | Nvidia | Mellanox, Others | White Label | — | 28G | InfiniBand | Fully Retimed | A100 | Frontend | META-A100-CX6-IB-NV-16KRSC | |
| $525.00 | 12,716 | 6.36 | 0.79 | $6,675,833.33 | $3,337.92 | 0 W | 0 W | 0 W | Fiber | Meta | Others | — | White Label | — | — | — | — | A100 | Frontend | META-A100-CX6-IB-NV-16KRSC | |
| $375.00 | 65 | 0.03 | 0.00 | $24,404.76 | $12.20 | 0 W | 0 W | 0 W | Fiber | Meta | Others | — | White Label | — | — | — | — | A100 | Frontend | META-A100-CX6-IB-NV-16KRSC | |
| $375.00 | 1,827 | 0.91 | 0.11 | $685,119.05 | $342.56 | 0 W | 0 W | 0 W | Fiber | Meta | Others | — | White Label | — | — | — | — | A100 | Frontend | META-A100-CX6-IB-NV-16KRSC | |
| $1.00 | 11,276 | 5.64 | 0.70 | $11,276.19 | $5.64 | 0 W | 0 W | 0 W | Cable | Meta | Amphenol | — | Device Level | — | — | — | — | A100 | Frontend | META-A100-CX6-IB-NV-16KRSC | |
Per-server cost: $233.33 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| $29.17 | 16,000 | 8.00 | 1.00 | $466,666.67 | $233.33 | 6 W | 96,000 W | 48 W | Retimer | Meta | Astera | Astera | L1 Abstraction | — | — | — | — | A100 | Compute Tray | META-A100-CX6-IB-NV-16KRSC | |
| By fabric | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Scale-Up | $8,000,000.00 | $4,000.00 | 3,064,149 W | 1,532 W | |||||||||||||||||
| Total Backend | $89,786,917.70 | $44,893.46 | 1,915,171 W | 958 W | |||||||||||||||||
| Total Frontend | $27,239,519.19 | $13,619.76 | 450,910 W | 225 W | |||||||||||||||||
| Total Compute Tray | $466,666.67 | $233.33 | 96,000 W | 48 W | |||||||||||||||||
| Grand Total Cluster Networking | $125,493,103.56 | $62,746.55 | 5,526,230 W | 2,763 W | |||||||||||||||||
| By component | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Transceivers | $50,465,230.10 | $25,232.62 | 705,568 W | 353 W | |||||||||||||||||
| Total Switches | $35,564,573.45 | $17,782.29 | 1,060,513 W | 530 W | |||||||||||||||||
| Total Fiber | $22,985,357.14 | $11,492.68 | 0 W | 0 W | |||||||||||||||||
| Total Cables | $11,276.19 | $5.64 | 0 W | 0 W | |||||||||||||||||
| Total Connectors | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Total NICs | $8,000,000.00 | $4,000.00 | 600,000 W | 300 W | |||||||||||||||||