Inspur
China's largest server maker and formerly one of NVIDIA's biggest OEM partners, Entity-Listed since March 2023. Not procurable by Western buyers as Inspur; its engineering lineage continues commercially through Aivres and KAYTUS.
- Only server vendor holding membership in all three open-hardware bodies: OCP (Platinum), ODCC and Open19, with the OCP-accepted NF8380M5 four-socket platform contributed
- Co-developed the ODCC Scorpio rack-scale open datacenter design
- First vendor to ship 8x liquid-cooled 500W HGX A100 GPUs in one server (NF5488A5/NF5688A5)
- In-house I-Flex/T-Flex server design standards developed with hyperscale customers such as Tencent, later open-sourced to OCP
- Pre-sanctions NVIDIA-Certified Systems tier-1 OEM partner, deep co-engineering with NVIDIA reference designs
| Model | Platform | Form factor | Cooling |
|---|---|---|---|
| NF5688M7 8-GPU HGX AI training server, dual Xeon 8480+, up to 2TB DDR5 | HGX | 6U | air |
| NF5688A5 / NF5488A5 First-to-market 8x liquid-cooled 500W HGX A100 server (historical, pre-Entity List) | HGX | 4U/6U | DLC |
| NF5468M6 Up to 8 liquid-cooled NVIDIA PCIe GPUs | PCIe | 4U | air or DLC |
- Historically one of NVIDIA's largest server OEM partners; world's 3rd-largest server maker by 2017 shipments
- Since the March 2023 Entity List designation, US-origin NVIDIA GPU sales to listed Inspur entities require a BIS license under presumption of denial
- Business continues via non-listed international arms Aivres (US) and KAYTUS (Singapore), which sell NVIDIA HGX-based systems outside China
- Jinan, Shandong (HQ and primary production)
- Additional China production bases (Beijing, Suzhou)
- Overseas via Aivres (US) and KAYTUS (Singapore)
- Added to the US Entity List on March 3, 2023; a listed subsidiary changed domicile shortly after, viewed as evasion by observers
- HPE sued in April 2024 alleging Aivres and KAYTUS are renamed Inspur products sold to route around sanctions
- Not procurable by Western buyers as Inspur; its spinoff brands Aivres and KAYTUS are commercially available with current NVIDIA HGX platforms
- Still China's largest domestic server maker by revenue
Is Inspur an OEM, ODM or integrator for NVIDIA AI servers?
Inspur sits in the "China domestic (export-restricted)" tier of our index. Only server vendor holding membership in all three open-hardware bodies: OCP (Platinum), ODCC and Open19, with the OCP-accepted NF8380M5 four-socket platform contributed
Does Inspur design its NVIDIA servers in-house?
China's largest server maker and formerly one of NVIDIA's biggest OEM partners, Entity-Listed since March 2023. Not procurable by Western buyers as Inspur; its engineering lineage continues commercially through Aivres and KAYTUS.
Which NVIDIA platforms does Inspur ship?
Inspur ships systems on HGX, PCIe. The systems table on this page lists the specific models.
Where does Inspur manufacture its AI servers?
Jinan, Shandong (HQ and primary production). Additional China production bases (Beijing, Suzhou). Overseas via Aivres (US) and KAYTUS (Singapore)