AMD and US Department of Energy Enter $1B AI Partnership

Oct. 27, 2025, 7:25 PM UTC

AMD and the US Department of Energy entered into a $1 billion partnership to construct two next-generation systems, the Lux AI supercomputer and the Discovery supercomputer, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

  • To be first dedicated AI factory for science
  • Lux AI co-developed by ORNL, AMD, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and HPE
    • Will address immediate needs to accelerate progress and innovation in AI, energy research, materials, medicine and advanced manufacturing
  • Discovery to feature “Bandwidth Everywhere” design
    • To extend US leadership in HPC and AI
    • To help design next-generation reactors, batteries, catalysts, semiconductors, and critical materials
  • Lux to be deployed in early ...









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