Sweden’s Sferical One supercomputer goes live with 1,152 Nvidia GPUs

Sweden now has a shared AI supercomputer, and some of the country’s biggest corporate names have a seat at the table. Sferical AI launched Sferical One on October 15, 2026, a machine built on Nvidia hardware and designed for industrial users. What’s under the hood The system runs on two Nvidia DGX SuperPODs. Together, they hold 1,152 GPUs spread across 16 Nvidia DGX GB300 systems. The official launch date is something of a formality. Sferical One has been running since late summer 2026, so the hardware has already had a few months of real workloads behind it. The roster of backers reads like a guide to Swedish industry. Founding partners include AstraZeneca, Ericsson, Saab, SEB and Wallenberg Investments. SKF has joined as a strategic partner. That spread covers pharmaceuticals, telecom, defense, finance and manufacturing. The target uses span drug discovery, telecommunications and predictive maintenance on factory equipment. On the software side, users can build on Nvidia’s open-source Nemotron multimodal models. From a university stage to a running machine The project traces back to May 2025. At an event at Linköping University, Marcus Wallenberg of Wallenberg Investments and Nvi...