Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced plans to build what it claims is the world’s largest artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputer. The supercomputer, dubbed Project Rainier, is expected to be operational by 2025.

The announcement was made at the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas on December 3rd.

This computer will be equipped with AWS’s “Trainium” chip. It is a custom-designed AI accelerator that aims to deliver high performance while reducing the cost of AI training and inference. The second-generation Trainium2 chips are expected to deliver four times the performance of the previous generation and are said to be a cost-effective alternative to Nvidia’s GPUs.

ethical AI

The supercomputer will support the development of advanced AI models at Anthropic, an AI safety and research company in which Amazon has invested US$4 billion and announced another US$4 billion in funding on November 22. I will.

Anthropic was founded in 2021 by brothers Dario and Daniela Amodei, former senior employees at OpenAI. The company has developed the Claude family of large-scale language models that are optimized for a variety of applications, from customer interaction and rapid data processing to problem solving, advanced coding, and content creation.

Claude implements “Constitutional AI,” a methodology that aligns AI systems with human values ​​and ethical principles through predefined “constitutions.” This set of rules explicitly defines ethical boundaries and ensures that the AI ​​produces responses that are useful, honest, and non-toxic.

This approach distinguishes Anthropic from OpenAI, which has faced intense scrutiny over its profit-driven structure and transparency around security measures.

Claude is primarily trained and deployed on AWS infrastructure (though it is also available on other platforms such as Google Cloud’s Vertex AI).

amazon nova

In addition to hardware advances, AWS is introducing Amazon Nova, a new family of generative AI models for enterprise customers, to help enterprises create smaller, more cost-effective AI models, manage AI agents, and generate output. We’ve announced a suite of tools to help you secure it. Accuracy through logical verification.

Nova models support over 200 languages ​​and include Nova Canvas for image generation and Nova Reel for video generation.

Amazon claims these models are at least 75% cheaper than the best-performing models in their respective classes.

Industry advantage

Industry analysts see Amazon’s efforts as a challenge to Nvidia’s dominance in the AI ​​hardware market. “This innovation shows that Nvidia is no longer the only game in the game for AI training,” said Patrick Moorhead, CEO of Moore Insights & Strategy.

Amazon.com stock price rose 2.01% to US$217.74, and has increased 50.32% over the past year.