# AI Computing Facility

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON](/buyers/university-of-southampton/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Dell Corporation Limited](/contract-winners/dell/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £101,996
- Tender value: £101,996
- Award date: 15 April 2025
- Published: 28 April 2025
- Contract start: 15 April 2025
- Contract end: 29 May 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 77fe1fe2-4c28-42e6-81a7-94a17d51bbc5-842529
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ddf3a535-20e5-474d-9ccb-a3662fe84806

## Description

The University of Southampton requires 4 R760xa systems and as many Nvidia L4 GPUs as possible with servers meeting the following specification\. There must be a maximum of 8 GPUs per server\. • CPU - Minimum of 12 threads per GPU, either Intel or AMD with minimum clock speeds of 2 Ghz normal, 3 Ghz boost • RAM - 10GB per thread • 800GB Minimum Solid State Fault Tolerant storage for OS, RAID 1\. • 7\.68TB Minimum Read Intensive NVMe storage for local dataset storage • Backplane - PCIe version 4 or above • Redundant power supplies • Remote server management that must include KVM over IP with console redirection and control\. • 1x Infiniband Mellanox ConnectX-6 Single Port HDR • 1x 25GBase-T NIC for login traffic • 1x 1Gbe NIC for management traffic • Keep your own disk • 5 Year next business day onsite warranty • 1x 5m 25gbs Twinax cable for each server The system must be compatible with the 3 existing R760xa systems the University already has\. A 5 year warranty period must be included\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/77fe1fe2-4c28-42e6-81a7-94a17d51bbc5-842529)