AI supercomputer · Illinois, United States
Argonne NL Polaris
Argonne NL Polaris is an AI supercomputer in Illinois, United States, with 706 H100e of compute, owned by US Department of Energy.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Illinois | Epoch AI supercomputers · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 9700 S Cass Ave, Lemont, IL 60439 | Epoch AI supercomputers · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | Epoch AI supercomputers · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2021 | Epoch AI supercomputers · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner type | Public | Epoch AI supercomputers · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | US Department of Energy | Epoch AI supercomputers · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Compute (H100 equivalents) | 706 H100e | Epoch AI supercomputers · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Chips | NVIDIA A100 | Epoch AI supercomputers · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| AI chips | 2,240 | Epoch AI supercomputers · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Facility power | 1.9 MW (estimated) | Epoch AI supercomputers · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 41.7184, -87.9788 | Epoch AI supercomputers · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this AI supercomputer and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its permits and status, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchHow it compares by compute
Argonne NL Polaris is the 3rd-largest of 4 AI supercomputers in Illinois and the 61st-largest of 118 in the United States by compute, with 706 H100e. Ranks and totals cover the AI supercomputers in our data that report their compute, not every one in existence.
| Within | Rank |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 3rd of 4 |
| United States | 61st of 118 |
| All AI supercomputers in our data | 116th of 284 |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this AI supercomputer: 64 data centers, 11 power plants (11,212 MW) and 3 mines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Datacenter (386) | Data center | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Equinix Chicago Data CH7 | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| Romeo Quarry | Mine | — | Operating | 12 km |
| Centersquare Lisle ORD4 Data Center | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| McCook Quarry | Mine | — | Operating | 16 km |
| Aurora | Power plant | 1,086 MW | Operating | 23 km |
| Jackson Generation, LLC | Power plant | 1,289 MW | Operating | 33 km |
| Elwood Energy LLC | Power plant | 576 MW | Operating | 33 km |
| Thornton Quarry | Mine | — | Operating | 35 km |
Owner and place
More from US Department of Energy
- Lawrence Livermore NL El Capitan Phase 244,143 H100e
- Oak Ridge NL Frontier7,283 H100e
- Lawrence Livermore NL Tuolumne4,567 H100e
- Los Alamos NL Venado2,560 H100e
- Lawrence Berkeley NL NERSC Perlmutter2,260 H100e
- Argonne NL Aurora1,689 H100e
- Sandia NL El Dorado1,506 H100e
- Lawrence Livermore NL Sierra1,091 H100e
Other AI supercomputers in Illinois
- Vultr Chicago Cluster3,964 H100e
- Argonne NL Aurora1,689 H100e
- University of Illinois NCSA Delta212 H100e
Data on this page
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.