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ORNL Discovery and Lux AI supercomputers

DOE announced on October 27, 2025 two AMD-powered, HPE-built systems at ORNL: the Lux AI cluster, to be deployed in early 2026, and Discovery, to be delivered in 2028 as Frontier's successor.

Source review 2026-11-03Confidence AAnnounced — Lux 2026, Discovery 2028
Operator
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (DOE)
Record type
program
Locality
Anderson County
Region
east
Investment disclosure
Not disclosed in cited ORNL/DOE source
Power disclosure
Not disclosed in cited source
Jobs disclosure
Not disclosed in cited source
Status
Announced — Lux 2026, Discovery 2028

Lux uses AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs and leverages Oracle Cloud Infrastructure; Discovery is based on the HPE Cray Supercomputing GX5000 with AMD MI430X GPUs.

Delivery dates are announced schedules, not confirmed installations.

Project status and disclosures are attributed to the cited source. Announced investment is not proof of expenditure, and utility capacity is not inferred from computing or building capacity.