| Model | Count | Status | Organisation / role |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H100 | 248 | Operational | LNCC Santos Dumont (government) |
Physical hardware: Santos Dumont’s 248-H100 partition after the July 2025 upgrade. Primary source · 2025-07-09 | |||
| NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper | 144 | Operational | LNCC Santos Dumont (government) |
Physical hardware: Santos Dumont’s 144 Grace Hopper superchips after the July 2025 upgrade. Primary source · 2025-07-09 | |||
| AMD MI300A | 36 | Operational | LNCC Santos Dumont (government) |
Physical hardware: Santos Dumont’s 36 MI300A APUs after the July 2025 upgrade. Primary source · 2025-07-09 | |||
| Partner | Accelerators | Model | Stage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica (LNCC) | 248 | NVIDIA Hopper H100 (HGX) | Commissioned | Primary source · 2024-04-11 |
Physical hardware: Santos Dumont’s H100 partition; GH200 and MI300A devices belong to separate partitions. Primary source · 2025-07-09 Operates Santos Dumont at Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro. The July 2025 upgrade includes 248 H100 GPUs, 144 Grace Hopper superchips and 36 MI300A APUs. LNCC signed a US$19.4M upgrade contract with Eviden in April 2024. | ||||
| Eviden (Atos Group) | — | — | Awarded | Primary source · 2024-04-11 |
Integrated the Santos Dumont upgrade using BullSequana XH3000 systems. The contract was announced in April 2024; the July 2025 completion announcement describes H100, Grace Hopper and MI300A accelerator partitions. | ||||
| Petrobras | — | — | Commissioned | Research database · 2024-08-29 |
Provided financial support for the Santos Dumont upgrade at LNCC. Petrobras also operates computing systems for its own research; its corporate hardware and the LNCC system have separate operators.
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| Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (Finep) | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2024-07-30 |
Provides financing for PBIA actions. The plan assigns national data-centre development to BNDES and Finep calls, and combines repayable financing with non-repayable research and business support.
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| Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2024-07-30 |
Provides financing for PBIA actions, including national data centres and AI startups. The final plan names BNDES and Finep calls under the data-centre development action.
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| EMBRAPII (Associação Brasileira de Pesquisa e Inovação Industrial) | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2024-07-30 |
Supports industrial research and AI development. PBIA Action 42 proposes an AI competence network, expanded participation by Embrapii units and research partnerships with companies.
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