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Roche launches NVIDIA AI factory to accelerate the development of new therapeutics and diagnostics solutions
With the addition of 2,176 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, Roche now operates the pharmaceutical industry’s largest announced hybrid-cloud AI factory, totaling more than 3,500 GPUs. The new computational infrastructure supports Roche’s vision of building an AI-accelerated healthcare organisation.NVIDIA AI factories help accelerate discoveries, enable more efficient clinical trials, and unlock data insights at scale, ultimately advancing innovation and improved healthcare outcomes. Basel, 16 March 2026 -
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