Monash University has selected Nvidia, Dell, and CDC Data Centres to build its AU$60 million (US$39m) MAVERIC supercomputer, first announced in early June.

MAVERIC (Monash AdVanced Environment for Research and Intelligent Computing) will be housed at CDC Data Centres in Brooklyn, 10km west of the central business district in Melbourne, Australia.

The system will comprise an Nvidia GB200 NVL72 system, which Dell will integrate with its IR7000 rack-scalable system, containing PowerEdge XE9712 servers.

The Nvidia GB200 NVL72 is a system made up of 72 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs and 36 Arm-based Nvidia Grace CPUs, connected via fifth-generation Nvidia NVLink. Each GB200 NVL72 offers more than one exaflops of training performance. MAVERIC will represent the first deployment of an Nvidia GB200 NVL72 system in Australia.

Construction of the supercomputer is expected to begin later this year, with the system due online in early 2026.

MAVERIC will initially be used to support research into global health challenges, including projects focused on the early detection of cancer, managing the treatment of chronic diseases, and enabling scientists to efficiently and cost-effectively identify new medicines, the university said.

Previously, Monash University has said it is committed to using 100 percent renewable energy to power MAVERIC, with the aim of ensuring its ongoing operation is within the institution’s commitment to net zero.

"We want our people – Monash academics, students and our research partners – to be at the forefront of shaping the future of AI; not just in how it's applied, but in unlocking entirely new possibilities and innovations,” Professor Sharon Pickering, vice-chancellor and president of Monash University, said. “Our focus is on solving real problems and putting AI to work in a meaningful way – from breakthroughs in cancer detection, to redefining what's possible in preserving the health of our planet for future generations.”

Dennis Ang, senior director, ASEAN and ANZ, Nvidia, said: "Monash University's NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 supercomputer marks a new era for Australian research, empowering scientists and innovators to tackle the world's toughest challenges with unprecedented AI capabilities and energy efficiency. Together, we're building the foundation for breakthroughs that will create new economic opportunities and supercharge the next generation of researchers, developers, and startups."

Monash University is already home to a number of HPC deployments, including M3, which is comprised of a “large number of (mostly Intel) CPUs and Nvidia GPUs connected by Nvidia Mellanox InfiniBand interconnects,” and the MonARCH HPC cluster, consisting of more than 60 servers, totalling to over 1600 CPU cores, and 15 GPU nodes.