DGX Station: Nvidia brings AI supercomputer power to the Windows desktop

Nvidia has announced the DGX Station for Windows, a deskside workstation it describes as the world’s first deskside AI supercomputer. Mike Wheatley reports for SiliconANGLE that the system was unveiled at GTC Taipei alongside the Computex conference and is planned for release in the fourth quarter of 2026.

The machine is built around Nvidia’s GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Desktop Superchip, which combines a Blackwell Ultra GPU with a Grace CPU linked by an NVLink-C2C interconnect. It delivers 20 petaflops of FP4 performance and up to 748 gigabytes of memory. According to Nvidia, that is enough to run AI models with up to one trillion parameters locally, or to handle hundreds of parallel AI agents at the same time.

Built for Windows, designed for enterprise

Nvidia developed the system in close collaboration with Microsoft. The central idea is to remove a common bottleneck: most enterprise teams work on Windows, but the most demanding AI tasks have traditionally required Linux-based cloud infrastructure. The DGX Station brings that computing power directly into the Windows environment.

The system runs Nvidia OpenShell, a secure open-source agentic runtime that uses Windows security primitives to isolate each AI agent in its own sandbox. This approach enforces security and privacy policies at the system level rather than relying on behavioral prompts that can be bypassed. Administrators can manage agents using Microsoft’s fleet management tools.

Expandable and modular

• An optional Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell GPU can be added for simulation and visualization tasks, enabling what Nvidia calls “physical AI workflows.”
• Multiple units can be connected via Nvidia ConnectX-8 SuperNIC to form a small cluster for larger workloads.
• The Windows Subsystem for Linux ensures compatibility with existing Linux toolchains.

Nvidia Vice President Chris Marriott said the station delivers “supercomputing-class AI directly into Windows, where millions already design, engineer, research and create every day.” Systems will be manufactured by partners including Dell, HP, Asus, MSI, and Supermicro.