Supercomputers/Systems/GroqCloud Dammam Inference Cluster
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GroqCloud Dammam Inference Cluster
Operated by Groq at Aramco Digital / Groq AI compute hub (Dammam) .
Phase 1 seed dataset, compiled by hand. These rows were built from public operator, laboratory and vendor sources. A mechanical second-reader pass has since fetched every cited source: 1092 of 1153 systems have a readable citation that names them, and 40 are genuinely weakly sourced. Every claim carries its source and a confidence tier. Treat anything below verified as a lead, not a citation.
Measured performance
- Rmax
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- Rpeak
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- Rmax ÷ Rpeak
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- Cores
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- Power
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- Per watt
- - GF/W
Figures are as last publicly reported for the configuration described below, not a live measurement. Where a system was upgraded in place, the post-upgrade configuration is shown and the earlier one appears in the timeline.
What this machine is made of
One row per supplier relationship. “Supplier at build” is the company that shipped the part at the time; where that company has since been acquired, the parent it rolls up to today is shown beside it. That distinction is what makes ticker-level aggregation possible across a thirty-year dataset.
| Role | Part | Supplier at build | Quantity | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integrator | - Groq's second GroqCloud region, built with Aramco Digital investment | Groq | - | Reported | groq.com |
| Accelerator | Groq LPU Accelerators Groq TSP · 14 nm 19,000 Groq LPUs in GroqRacks, per Groq CEO Jonathan Ross at LEAP 2025 | Groq | 19,000 reported | Reported | middleeastainews.com |
AI datacenter metrics
Figures beyond an accelerator count, each with who stated it. What can and cannot be compared across AI datacenters.
| Metric | Value | As of | Basis | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accelerators | 19,000 accelerators | 2025-02 | Operator stated | Middle East AI News: 19,000 LPUs (Groq chips, not GPUs) in the new Dammam GroqCloud region, Feb 2025; single outlet. | middleeastainews.com |
Compute deals
- 2025-02-09: Aramco Digital and Groq (other , headline $1.5bn). middleeastainews.comgroq.com
All compute deals. Headline values are as announced, not additive.
The read
Groq's second GroqCloud region, in Dammam, backed by a $1.5 billion combined Aramco Digital and Groq investment following a March 2024 LEAP MOU. Groq's own newsroom confirms the partnership, the Dammam location and that the region has been live since February 2025, but the 19,000-LPU figure comes only from a Middle East trade-press report quoting Groq CEO Jonathan Ross's announcement at LEAP 2025, so the tier stays reported. That report also states the LPUs shipped in GroqRacks by Boeing 747; no fetched Groq or Aramco page repeats the exact chip count independently, so it is not marked verified. Described as EMEA's largest AI inference deployment at the time; no interconnect or power figures were found.
Site & facility
Aramco Digital / Groq AI compute hub (Dammam)
- Location
- Dammam, Saudi Arabia
- Commissioned
- 2025
Change history
- 2026-09-23 Added Groq's Dammam, Saudi Arabia GroqCloud inference region
Source check
We fetched this system's own citations and recorded whether each page actually mentions it. This is a corroboration signal, not a fact check, and it is published so you can see how well the sourcing holds up rather than take it on trust.
| Cited source | Result | Found on the page |
|---|---|---|
| groq.com | names system and part | Groq LPU |
| middleeastainews.com | names system, part and count | Groq LPU · counts: 19000 |
Checked 2026-10-09 by pnpm verify. Re-run it and the table changes with the web.