China reveals first fully domestic 100,000-card AI supercluster at WAIC 2026
China's first AI supercluster built entirely with domestic components, the "Shuguang 8000 (Dengfeng)" with 100,000 cards, was unveiled at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2026 in Shanghai. The cluster utilizes domestic chips and advanced cooling.
The World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2026 (WAIC 2026), which commenced in Shanghai on July 16, 2026, featured the public debut of "Shuguang 8000 (Dengfeng)". This system marks China's first AI supercluster constructed entirely from domestic components, boasting a capacity of 100,000 AI accelerator cards. The system was developed by the China Academy of Sciences Computing Technology Institute (CASI).
Shuguang 8000 employs a "super-intelligent fusion" technical route, supporting a wide range of computational precisions from FP64 to INT8. This design caters to mixed demands for high-precision scientific computing and low-precision intelligent computing, suitable for applications in scientific research, large model training, AI inference, and industrial simulation. The cluster's foundation relies on domestically produced chips, including those from Hygon, interconnected via ScaleFabric network technology to support the 100,000-card configuration.
For data-intensive tasks, the system incorporates ParaStor, a distributed storage solution designed to handle the massive data read and write operations required for large model training and scientific calculations. The technology is poised for applications in cutting-edge fields such as quantum computing, astronomy, automotive, robotics, and the development of large-scale AI models.
A notable feature of the Shuguang 8000 is its adoption of immersion phase-change liquid cooling. This advanced cooling system is designed for high power density deployment per rack and enhances the cluster's energy efficiency through the use of domestic refrigerants and year-round natural cooling. The entire system, encompassing chips, compute, storage, network, cooling, applications, and services, has been developed domestically within China.