NVIDIA has partnered with Oracle to construct the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) AI supercomputer named Solstice. The project will feature 100,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs and computing power to support the DOE’s research in science, energy, and national security. Another system, named Equinox, will include 10,000 Blackwell GPUs and is scheduled for operation in early 2026.
In a press release, NVIDIA revealed that both supercomputers will be located at Argonne National Laboratory to train and deploy frontier AI models using NVIDIA’s Megatron-Core and TensorRT software stacks. These systems are expected to advance “agentic AI” self-directed AI tools that can accelerate research across disciplines from healthcare to materials science.
According to research by marketsandmarkets.com, the Agentic AI market is expected to grow from US$ 7.06 billion in 2025, to US$ 93.2 billion in 2032 at a CAGR of 44.6 percent.
“AI is the most powerful technology of our time, and science is its greatest frontier,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “Together with Oracle, we’re building the Department of Energy’s largest supercomputer that will serve as America’s engine for discovery, giving researchers access to the most advanced AI infrastructure to drive progress across fields ranging from healthcare research to materials science.”
“At Oracle, we are proud to partner with the Department of Energy to deliver sovereign, high-performance AI capabilities,” said Clay Magouyrk, CEO of Oracle. “Our collaboration at Argonne, tapping into the power of OCI, will provide a critical resource to address the nation’s most complex challenges and accelerate the next wave of scientific breakthroughs.”
“Winning the AI race requires new and creative partnerships that will bring together the brightest minds and industries American technology and science has to offer,” said U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. “The two Argonne systems and the collaboration between the Department of Energy, NVIDIA and Oracle represent a new common sense approach to computing partnerships. These systems will be a powerhouse for scientific and technological innovation. Thanks to President Trump, we’re bringing new computing capacity online faster than ever before and turning shared innovation into national strength.”
“The Equinox and Solstice systems are designed to accelerate a broad set of scientific AI workflows, and we are collaborating with Oracle and NVIDIA to prepare thousands of researchers to effectively leverage the systems’ groundbreaking capabilities,” said Paul K. Kearns, director of Argonne National Laboratory. “This system will seamlessly connect to forefront DOE experimental facilities such as our Advanced Photon Source, allowing scientists to address some of the nation’s most pressing challenges through scientific discovery.”
These two systems will provide 2,200 exaflops of AI performance which are connected through NVIDIA’s high-speed networking technology. The initiative underscores a broader DOE effort to build next-generation AI infrastructure and secure U.S. leadership in scientific innovation over the next few decades to expand the laboratory’s experimental facilities and support thousands of researchers nationwide.