KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Department of Energy announced that Oak Ridge National Laboratory and two vendor companies, Advanced Micro Drivers and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, will deliver DOE’s newest AI supercomputers named Discovery and Lux.

Discovery and Lux are powerful computing systems designed to help drive new scientific discoveries using artificial intelligence. Experts say the AI-driven machines will advance U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing that enables scientific research for new advances in energy, manufacturing, medicine and cybersecurity.

The Lux AI Cluster will be deployed in 2026 and Discovery will be delivered in 2028. Both computers will be located on-site at ORNL.

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