Cerebras’ new Oklahoma City data center features the world’s fastest AI infrastructure, powered by their massive wafer-scale engine chip and advanced liquid cooling systems, delivering 44 exaflops of compute power with robust, tornado-resistant construction and reliable power backup. The company is expanding capacity and aims to revolutionize fields like medicine and education through faster, more efficient AI models, while emphasizing domestic manufacturing and energy-efficient design.
The video takes viewers inside Cerebras’ new data center located in Oklahoma City, which is designed specifically for AI workloads and boasts the fastest AI infrastructure on Earth, delivering 44 exaflops of compute power. The choice of Oklahoma was strategic, based on factors such as reasonable labor costs, power costs, and room for expansion. The building itself is constructed with reinforced concrete to withstand tornadoes, reflecting the local weather challenges and ensuring resilience and security for the data center.
At the heart of Cerebras’ breakthrough is the wafer-scale engine, the largest processor ever built, roughly the size of a dinner plate, compared to traditional chips that are about the size of a thumbnail. This massive chip integrates all memory on the wafer itself, eliminating the latency caused by off-chip memory access that slows down traditional GPUs during AI inference. This design innovation results in a performance advantage that is thousands of times faster in accessing and using data, enabling unprecedented speed for AI computations.
To manage the significant heat generated by these powerful chips, Cerebras employs advanced liquid cooling technology, a system they have been developing since 2017. The data center uses chilled water circulated through the servers, with a 6,000-ton chiller plant maintaining optimal temperatures and humidity levels. The cooling system is carefully designed to avoid condensation by maintaining a temperature delta, ensuring the wafers operate efficiently and reliably. This approach also contributes to the energy efficiency of the facility.
Power reliability is critical for high-speed computing, and the data center is powered primarily by natural gas converted to electricity, supported by battery backups that provide power for about five minutes during outages. In case of extended outages, three 3-megawatt diesel or liquid natural gas generators automatically kick in to maintain uninterrupted service. This robust power infrastructure ensures near-perfect uptime, a necessity for the demanding workloads handled by the facility.
Looking ahead, Cerebras is expanding with a second data hall nearly ready to come online, adding an additional 20 exaflops of compute capacity. The hardware is manufactured domestically in Milpitas, California, reflecting the company’s commitment to U.S. manufacturing. The CEO expressed excitement about the transformative potential of AI in medicine and education, highlighting how faster, more accurate AI models could drastically reduce drug development times and revolutionize teaching methods. The video concludes with optimism about the future impact of Cerebras’ technology on society.