# NVIDIA NVL72 **Entity class:** Rack-scale AI system **Domain:** Artificial intelligence / Compute **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition NVIDIA NVL72 is a rack-scale architecture that connects 72 Blackwell GPUs into a tightly coupled computing system for large-model training and inference. ## Mechanism and significance It treats networking, memory, power, cooling, and accelerators as one machine, shifting the unit of competition from an individual chip to an integrated AI factory. ## Relationships - **Research dossier:** [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] - **Ontology route:** [[ASI and RSI Timeline Ontology#Model Architecture and Compute Economics|Model Architecture and Compute Economics]] - **Primary fields:** [[Machine Intelligence]] · [[AI Infrastructure]] · [[Compute Race]] - **Adjacent concepts:** [[Organizational Intelligence Metabolism]] · [[NVIDIA B300]] · [[H100 Scarcity]] · [[GPU Secondary Market]] ## Sources and provenance - [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] — immediate source for this node's role in the broadcast research map. ## Evidence boundary The research dossier establishes why this entity or concept belongs in the Moonshots ontology. Time-sensitive organizational, product, policy, and performance claims should be checked against the linked primary source or a current authoritative source before reuse as settled fact.