IBM has not announced Power 12. There is no IBM model list or release date. There is no spec sheet, manual, or price. Use current Power11 documentation for a purchase today, and watch the triggers below if the project can wait.
Start with what is real: Power11 is shipping, and Power 12 is not announced. Then match the project to the information it can safely use.
The label travels with the claim. A claim without its date, source, and confidence is not useful for planning.
IBM's current Power product family presents Power11 systems. It does not publish a Power 12 model, release date, specification, manual, or price.
Planning implication: Use current Power11 documentation for a purchase and keep Power 12 assumptions outside hard requirements.
IBM describes the Power S1112 as an entry-level Power11 server for IBM i, AIX, and Linux workloads.
Planning implication: Power11 has current models, documentation, and support information that can be used in a real project now.
IT Jungle reported IBM Power processor leadership describing a hub-and-spoke chiplet direction for the generation after Power11.
Planning implication: Track the direction, but do not infer a core count, socket count, model, or performance figure.
IT Jungle reported IBM Power processor leadership describing Spyre continuity beyond the current generation without publishing a Power 12 configuration.
Planning implication: AI inference remains a useful theme to watch. The accelerator form and product fit remain unknown.
Industry analysis and recent IBM Power release spacing support a planning range after Power11. IBM has not committed to a Power 12 date.
Planning implication: Use the range for scenarios only. Do not delay a required project as though the date were promised.
IBM's current Power product pages do not publish a Power 12 process node, package design, clock speed, or cache specification.
Planning implication: Do not use a rumored node or package as a sizing, pricing, or approval input.
The answer changes when IBM publishes a product, not when another prediction appears. This record will move from watching to specification when IBM provides one of these items.
Use the Power11 vs Power 12 comparison when a purchase decision is active. Use the Power 12 release-date record when timing is the question. Use the transition planner when the current environment can wait without creating support, capacity, or recovery risk.