University of Alabama High Performance Computing and Data Center

Current canonical record

$25 million in computing equipment, $96 million total project including chiller plant and electrical substation.

Petascale computing system capable of quadrillions of calculations per second. Only system in Alabama to meet Top500 benchmarks. Located on eastern edge of campus. Funded by US Dept of Commerce NIST and state Education Trust Fund.; QA 2026-07-18: Retained the university's 14.6 MW computing-power figure as IT load and cleared the duplicate facility-power field.

Record provenance

This page is generated from the reviewed project database snapshot. The record was last reviewed on 2026-07-18. Blank fields mean the value was not publicly disclosed or could not be reconciled safely; they do not mean zero.