23.5 TB VRAM and 288 GPUs: Is This Still 'Local AI'?
MaziyarPanahi · x · 2026-08-13
An AI researcher shared an image of an absurdly powerful hardware setup featuring 288 GPUs and a staggering 23.5 TB of VRAM, consuming 117.3 kW of power.
He joked about the scale of this compute, questioning whether such a massive system can still be considered 'Local AI' or if 'local' has merely become a state of mind.
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