ASUS Unveils XA P2N-E2, a Vera CPU Server for Agentic AI, at OCP 2026
ASUS has launched the XA P2N-E2, a 2U server built on NVIDIA MGX architecture and powered by NVIDIA Vera CPUs, aimed at agentic AI and reinforcement learning workloads. The company unveiled it at OCP Global Summit 2026 in San Jose, together with a wider lineup of rack-scale, Intel and AMD systems.
- ASUS unveiled the 2U XA P2N-E2, powered by NVIDIA Vera CPUs, at OCP Global Summit 2026.
- The server targets agentic AI and reinforcement learning, and supports up to two NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs.
- The XA VR721-E3 AI POD integrates 36 NVIDIA Vera CPUs and 72 NVIDIA Rubin GPUs and is fully liquid-cooled.
- ASUS also showed Intel Xeon 6 and AMD EPYC 9006 'Venice' servers, plus an air-cooled eight-GPU AMD Instinct MI355X system.
- The source does not state pricing or availability.
A server for the execution layer of AI
According to ASUS, the XA P2N-E2 targets the execution layer of AI applications. That covers work such as code execution, tool use, sandboxing, data processing and orchestration, which happen around the AI model rather than inside it.
The server supports up to two dual-slot NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs, pairing CPU computing with flexible GPU acceleration in a compact 2U platform. ASUS says the high single-thread CPU performance and the high-bandwidth, energy-efficient memory are designed to keep AI agents responsive during demanding execution and evaluation tasks.
Rack-scale systems and the Vera Rubin platform
ASUS also showed larger systems at the event. The XA VR721-E3, described as the ASUS AI POD, integrates 36 NVIDIA Vera CPUs and 72 NVIDIA Rubin GPUs through the NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 platform. It uses a fully liquid-cooled architecture for large-scale AI training, post-training and inference.
For a more flexible configuration, the XR R1I12B-M1BHFS combines NVIDIA HGX Rubin NVL8 with direct-to-chip liquid cooling for the GPU baseboard and air cooling for Intel Xeon 6 processors.
The booth also features NVIDIA Spectrum-X Spectrum-6 based Ethernet switching, the NVIDIA CMX Context Memory Storage Platform, and NVIDIA Groq 3 LPX. ASUS describes the last as an interactive AI inference accelerator that extends Vera Rubin NVL72 with ultrafast token generation for responsive inference. The company argues that AI factory performance depends on more than accelerated computing, citing networking, context memory, inference and data infrastructure. It also points to the NVIDIA DSX reference design and the NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint for AI Factory Digital Twins, which allow digital twins to optimize AI factory design and operations before deployment.
Intel and AMD options
The Intel showcase features the ASUS RS700-E12-RS4U and RS720-E12-RS12U, built on Intel Xeon 6 processors in 1U and 2U dual-socket platforms. ASUS says their DC-MHS designs and tool-less serviceability support modular deployment and easier maintenance for agentic AI, virtualization and data-intensive workloads.
On the AMD side, the ASUS RS700A-E14B-R16U uses 6th Gen AMD EPYC 9006-series processors, codenamed 'Venice'. The 1U dual-socket system combines DC-MHS architecture with PCIe 6.0 connectivity and support for up to 16 E3.S drives. ASUS Thermal Radar 3.0 provides thermal monitoring and management to improve air-cooling efficiency.
For accelerated AI, the ESC8000A-E13P supports AMD Instinct MI350P PCIe accelerators. The XA AM3A-E13 integrates eight AMD Instinct MI355X accelerators in a 10U design. Because it supports air cooling for both CPU and GPU components, ASUS says it enables high-density AI deployments without dedicated chilled-water infrastructure.
What it means for buyers
The announcement shows ASUS covering several density and cooling choices across NVIDIA, Intel and AMD platforms, from single servers to rack-scale deployments. ASUS says this lets organizations match compute architecture, data infrastructure and deployment models to their performance and scalability needs. The source gives no pricing or availability details. Visitors can see the portfolio at ASUS Booth #B9 during OCP Global Summit 2026.
