MGHPCC

The Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) provides state-of-the-art infrastructure for computationally intensive research.

The Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) provides state-of-the-art infrastructure for computationally intensive research.

The Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) provides state-of-the-art infrastructure for computationally intensive research.

Consortium

MGHPCC is a collaboration among research-intensive universities - Boston University, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, and the University of Massachusetts.

MGHPCC is a collaboration among some of the most research-intensive universities in Massachusetts - Boston University, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, and the University of Massachusetts.

MGHPCC is a collaboration among research-intensive universities - Boston University, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, the University of Massachusetts, and Yale.

Racks

Computers at the MGHPCC run millions of virtual experiments every month supporting thousands of researchers in Massachusetts and around the world.

Computers at the MGHPCC run millions of virtual experiments every month supporting thousands of researchers in Massachusetts and around the world.

Computers at the MGHPCC run millions of virtual experiments every month supporting thousands of researchers in New England and around the world.

Cooling

The Center provides space, power, cooling, and high-speed connectivity, as well as contributing to a virtual commons for regional academic research computing.

The Center provides space, power, cooling, and high-speed connectivity, as well as contributing to a virtual commons for regional academic research computing.

The Center provides space, power, cooling, and high-speed connectivity, as well as contributing to a virtual commons for regional academic research computing.

Specs

The facility hosts 100s of 1000s of CPUs, millions of GPU cores, over 50PB of storage and 2 TB per sec of network access with connections to numerous campus, regional, and national networks (including Internet2 and ESNET, and high-speed links to cloud providers) with access speeds ranging from 10 to 100 gbps.

The facility hosts 100s of 1000s of CPUs, millions of GPU cores, over 50PB of storage and 2 TB per sec of network access with connections to numerous campus, regional, and national networks (including Internet2 and ESNET, and high-speed links to cloud providers) with access speeds ranging from 10 to 100 gbps.

The facility hosts 100s of 1000s of CPUs, millions of GPU cores, over 50PB of storage and 2 TB per sec of network access with connections to numerous campus, regional, and national networks (including Internet2 and ESNET, and high-speed links to cloud providers) with access speeds ranging from 10 to 100 gbps.

Satori

Since its inception in 2013, MGHPCC has been the home of many TOP500 machines, most recently Satori and TX-GAIA at MIT, and Cannon at Harvard.

Since its inception in 2013, MGHPCC has been the home of many TOP500 machines, most recently Satori and TX-GAIA at MIT, and Cannon at Harvard.

Since its inception in 2013, MGHPCC has been the home of many TOP500 machines, most recently Satori and TX-GAIA at MIT, and Cannon at Harvard.

Leeds

The facility received LEED Platinum Certification from the Green Building Council. The local municipal utility supplies energy more than 90% carbon-free, with more than 70% from local hydroelectric and solar sources.

The facility received LEED Platinum Certification, the highest level awarded by the Green Building Council. It is served by a municipal utility that derives more than 90% of its energy from carbon-free sources, with more than 70% from local hydroelectric and solar generation.

The facility received LEED Platinum Certification, the highest level awarded by the Green Building Council. It is served by a municipal utility that derives more than 90% of its energy from carbon-free sources, with more than 70% from local hydroelectric and solar generation.

Collaborative Projects

Multiple collaborative projects have emerged from the research computing ecosystem with activities focussing variously around computing, storage, and data center and network infrastructure, but also the people who both use and facilitate the use of the various resources.

Multiple collaborative projects have emerged from the research computing ecosystem with activities focussing variously around computing, storage, and data center and network infrastructure, but also the people who both use and facilitate the use of the various resources.

Multiple collaborative projects have emerged from the research computing ecosystem with activities focussing variously around computing, storage, and data center and network infrastructure, but also the people who both use and facilitate the use of the various resources.

Connected Initiatives

Consistent with the broadening participation goals of its founding members, the MGHPCC is an active participant in multiple local, regional, and national education and outreach initiatives.

Consistent with the broadening participation goals of its founding members, the MGHPCC is an active participant in multiple local, regional, and national education and outreach initiatives.

Consistent with the broadening participation goals of its founding members, the MGHPCC is an active participant in multiple local, regional, and national education and outreach initiatives.

Engagement

Mindful of the importance of workforce development to the long-term economic future of the region, the MGHPCC and its founding universities work with local public schools, institutions of higher education, and community organizations to promote STEM and computer science literacy.

Mindful of the importance of workforce development to the long-term economic future of the region, the MGHPCC and its founding universities work with local public schools, institutions of higher education, and community organizations to promote STEM and computer science literacy.

Mindful of the importance of workforce development to the long-term economic future of the region, the MGHPCC and its founding universities work with local public schools, institutions of higher education, and community organizations to promote STEM and computer science literacy.

Latest News

AI Compute Resource Infrastructure RFP Announced

As part of the Massachusetts AI Hub initiative announced in December 2024, MGHPCC is soliciting RFP responses for an initial AI/ML compute resource.

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Healey backs MGHPCC to power AI innovation across Massachusetts

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey outlines the role of government in supporting innovators and entrepreneurs, particularly in the AI age

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Transforming Data Centers into Grid-Responsive Powerhouses

BU Professor Ayse Coskun is pioneering AI-driven, grid-responsive data center innovation.

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HPC in Action: Academia, Industry, and Government Moving the Needle

Academia, industry, and government unite at MGHPCC to drive HPC

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MGHPCC Awards Two Scholarships to Holyoke Students

Annual Award Tops $100K.

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June 2025 Publications

Superconducting Qubits? Ethnicity-Specific Recessive Loci? Fabrication of hydroxylated norbornene foams? A selection of recent publications featuring research using the MGHPCC.

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Research projects

A Future of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Yale Budget Lab

Volcanic Eruptions Impact on Stratospheric Chemistry & Ozone

The Rhode Island Coastal Hazards Analysis, Modeling, and Prediction System

Towards a Whole Brain Cellular Atlas

Tornado Path Detection

The Kempner Institute - Unlocking Intelligence

The Institute for Experiential AI

Taming the Energy Appetite of AI Models

Surface Behavior

Studying Highly Efficient Biological Solar Energy Systems

Software for Unreliable Quantum Computers

Simulating Large Biomolecular Assemblies

SEQer - Sequence Evaluation in Realtime

Revolutionizing Materials Design with Computational Modeling

Remote Sensing of Earth Systems

QuEra at the MGHPCC

Quantum Computing in Renewable Energy Development

Pulling Back the Quantum Curtain on ‘Weyl Fermions’

New Insights on Binary Black Holes

NeuraChip

Network Attached FPGAs in the OCT

Monte Carlo eXtreme (MCX) - a Physically-Accurate Photon Simulator

Modeling Hydrogels and Elastomers

Modeling Breast Cancer Spread

Measuring Neutrino Mass

Investigating Mantle Flow Through Analyses of Earthquake Wave Propagation

Impact of Marine Heatwaves on Coral Diversity

IceCube: Hunting Neutrinos

Genome Forecasting

Global Consequences of Warming-Induced Arctic River Changes

Fuzzing the Linux Kernel

Exact Gravitational Lensing by Rotating Black Holes

Evolution of Viral Infectious Disease

Evaluating Health Benefits of Stricter US Air Quality Standards

Ephemeral Stream Water Contributions to US Drainage Networks

Energy Transport and Ultrafast Spectroscopy Lab

Electron Heating in Kinetic-Alfvén-Wave Turbulence

Discovering Evolution’s Master Switches

Dexterous Robotic Hands

Developing Advanced Materials for a Sustainable Energy Future

Detecting Protein Concentrations in Assays

Denser Environments Cultivate Larger Galaxies

Deciphering Alzheimer's Disease

Dancing Frog Genomes

Cyber-Physical Communication Network Security

Avoiding Smash Hits

Analyzing the Gut Microbiome

Adaptive Deep Learning Systems Towards Edge Intelligence

Accelerating Rendering Power

ACAS X: A Family of Next-Generation Collision Avoidance Systems

Neurocognition at the Wu Tsai Institute, Yale

Computational Modeling of Biological Systems

Computational Molecular Ecology

Social Capital and Economic Mobility

All Research Projects

Collaborative projects

Ask.CI

Open Storage Network

CAREERS Cyberteam

Connect.ci

Northeast Research and Education Network

Ecosystem for Research Networking

Campus Champions

AI Jumpstart

New England Research Cloud

Red Hat Collaboratory

The US ATLAS Northeast Tier 2 Center

Open Cloud Testbed

Northeast Storage Exchange

Northern Crossroads

UMass NET

Internet2

Energy Science Network

Northeast Cyberteam

FABRIC Testbed

Campus Research Computing Consortium

Satori

Northeast Big Data Hub

MGHPCC Supercloud

MOC Alliance

MATCH

Supercomputing Conference Virtual Booth

Unity HPC and AI Platform

ALL Collaborative PROJECTS

Outreach & Education Projects

Holyoke Codes

CSTA - Western MA

Girls Inc. Eureka!

Expanding Computing Education Pathways (ECEP) Alliance

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