Nvidia Blackwell B200 GPU Platform

Nvidia's Blackwell B200 GPU, which began large-scale shipments in 2025, delivered 2.5x the AI training performance of the H100 at lower energy per computation. Data centers worldwide scrambled to acquire Blackwell-based systems, with lead times extending to 12 months. The platform underpinned the infrastructure for all major frontier AI model training in 2025, cementing Nvidia's dominance as the defining hardware company of the AI era.