HPE ProLiant Compute XD685 (8× B300)
5U direct-liquid-cooled Blackwell Ultra server, generally available since January 2026 — the density play: 8× B300 in half the rack space of air-cooled peers.
○ Sourced on request
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NVIDIA B300 (Blackwell Ultra)
0GB HBM3e
Memory per GPU
0.0kW
Max power draw
0U
Rack height
01 / 01
Technical specifications
GPU model
NVIDIA B300 (Blackwell Ultra)
GPU count
8
Memory per GPU
288GB HBM3e
Cooling
Liquid-cooled
Max power draw
13.5 kW
Rack units
5U
Networking
8× 800Gb/s ConnectX-8
Interconnect
NVLink 5 / NVSwitch (1.8 TB/s per GPU)
CPU
2× AMD EPYC 9005
System memory
3TB DDR5
Storage
8× 7.68TB NVMe
Condition
New
Warranty
3-year HPE
Support
HPE Complete Care
Ga
January 2026
CooledBy
Direct liquid cooling
Share of a 132 kW high-density rack this system draws at max load.
5U
Of a standard 42U rack — up to 8 systems per rack before power limits.
Supply
Price confirmed during sourcing
- Availability
- ○ Sourced on request
- Warranty
- 3-year HPE
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