CoreWeave Validates the First NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 for Production

CoreWeave says it is the first cloud provider to validate NVIDIA’s next-generation Vera Rubin NVL72 rack for production use. The system, delivered by Dell on May 31, cleared NVIDIA’s L11 diagnostics and a 147-hour test suite, and CoreWeave reports roughly ten times the token output of the prior generation. NVIDIA says Vera Rubin is in full production, with broader shipments to hyperscalers — including OpenAI, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and Meta — ramping through the second half of 2026. The caveat for buyers: one validated rack at one provider is not broad availability. Most teams will not rent a Rubin instance for months, and smaller GPU clouds are looking at 2027.