La Trobe University Launches Australia's First AI Medical Supercomputer in Melbourne

Australia has launched its first university-based AI supercomputer, the NVIDIA DGX H200, at La Trobe University's Australian Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Medical Innovation, located at NEXTDC’s Melbourne Data Centre. Backed by a $10 million investment from the Victorian Government, this supercomputer is designed to accelerate medical research in fields like immunotherapy, cancer vaccines, and cardiovascular risk prediction by processing complex 3D imaging and large health data sets rapidly. The platform supports La Trobe’s broader AI-first strategy to transform research and education and is one of the few AI supercomputers operating in the Southern Hemisphere. Meanwhile, in the United States, the Department of Energy announced a new flagship supercomputer named Doudna at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, to be built in partnership with Dell and NVIDIA. The Doudna supercomputer, named after Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna, aims to advance scientific discovery across multiple disciplines by integrating high-performance computing, AI capabilities, and quantum computing, promising a tenfold increase in power over current systems. This development highlights ongoing global investments in AI-driven supercomputing to enhance innovation in medical and scientific research.