Kentino AI Node H200 — 8× NVIDIA H200 SXM5, 1,128 GB HBM3e

An 8U node carrying eight NVIDIA H200 SXM5 modules on a single NVLink/NVSwitch baseboard: 1,128 GB of HBM3e pooled at 4.8 TB/s per GPU, with full any-to-any 900 GB/s GPU-to-GPU bandwidth. Dual Intel Xeon Platinum processors, 2 TB of DDR5 system memory, U.2 NVMe boot and data tiers, and high-speed networking. This is a different class of machine from a PCIe multi-GPU build: because every GPU talks to every other GPU at full bandwidth, tensor parallelism scales close to linearly instead of degrading on dense models.

Hardware

What it runs

1,128 GB is the point at which the largest open-weight models run at their native precision instead of being squeezed into a quantisation that costs you quality. Estimates below are for this 8-GPU configuration with tensor parallelism.

Throughput figures are estimates derived from published vendor specifications and community benchmarks for this GPU generation, not measurements taken on this exact configuration. We will give you measured numbers for your model and context length before you commit.

Power and cooling

Up to 10.2 kW peak system draw, the bulk of it the 8x 700 W GPU complex. In practice that means a dedicated three-phase feed per node and a rack budget planned around roughly one node per 12 kW. Air-cooled at this density needs real front-to-back airflow with a contained cold aisle below 24 C - perforated doors alone will not do it. A liquid-cooled baseboard variant is available and is the better answer above two nodes per rack; it needs a CDU and secondary loop, which we will scope with you rather than assume.

Export control - read this before ordering

The H200 is classified as an Advanced Computing Item (ECCN 3A090.a). Shipment requires a completed KYC form and an End User Certificate naming the end user, the installation address and the intended use. This is not optional and it is not something we can waive.

Practically: budget several weeks for clearance on top of hardware lead time, and expect to name the legal entity that will own and operate the machine. If the end user cannot be named, this hardware cannot be supplied - by us or by anyone else in the EU.

What you get from Kentino

Kentino supplies, configures and supports this node as a complete deployment: rack and power design against your site's actual feed, front-to-back airflow sizing for 24/7 operation, OS and driver stack (Ubuntu with pinned NVIDIA driver, CUDA, container toolkit), the inference or training stack of your choice, burn-in with a written report, EU-based logistics and warranty.

We also handle the export paperwork with you rather than mailing you a form and hoping. That part takes longer than the hardware and is where most first-time buyers of this class of machine get stuck.

Price shown is EUR excluding VAT, EXW Prague (Incoterms 2020). Collection, freight, insurance and any destination import duties are for the buyer’s account. Lead time on request.

Channel pricing on 8-GPU baseboards moves, so we confirm the figure against documented acquisition cost when you order — if it has moved in your favour, so does the price. Export clearance is part of the delivery. Contact us with your model, context length and site power envelope and we will come back with a firm quote, a measured throughput estimate and a delivery date.