SoftBank's (OTCPK:SFTBY) telecom unit will receive the world's first AI system featuring Nvidia's (NASDAQ:NVDA) Blackwell chips to build Japan's most powerful supercomputer, and plans to use the Grace Blackwell platform for its next supercomputer.

Nvidia and SoftBank have partnered to launch Japan's most powerful AI supercomputer using Nvidia's new Grace Blackwell platform. Announced during Nvidia's AI Summit in Tokyo on Wednesday, the collaboration features SoftBank being the first to deploy Nvidia's DGX B200 systems to build the DGX SuperPOD,

At the Nvidia AI Summit in Japan, founder and CEO Jensen Huang announced that SoftBank Corp will be the first to receive Nvidia’s DGX B200 systems.