The Texas Advanced Computing Center partners with Sabey Data Centers
On August 26, the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin announced that it has selected Sabey Data Centers (SDC Austin) as its colocation partner for the Horizon supercomputer—part of the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Leadership-Class Computing Facility (LCCF).
Sabey reports that Horizon will be the largest academic supercomputer dedicated to open-scientific research in the NSF portfolio and will provide a significant performance improvement over Frontera, the current NSF leadership-class computing system. The system will feature general-purpose processors as well as specialized accelerators for AI research.
Dan Stanzione, executive director of TACC and associate vice president for research at UT Austin, reported that, in addition to the Horizon computer, Sabey will be home to future LCCF systems.
“We have entered a unique partnership with Sabey to leverage all the advantages of colocation with our very specific needs for cutting-edge, high-density supercomputing,” said Stanzione in a press release. “The demands of AI have driven the commercial data center space to look more like supercomputing data centers—liquid cooling, high density, and high efficiency. We look forward to an innovative and productive partnership as we venture off campus and work ever more closely with the private sector.”
Mark Noonan, senior vice president of revenue for Sabey Data Centers, said in the same press release, “We are thrilled to partner with TACC on Horizon by delivering the robust infrastructure necessary for this groundbreaking supercomputer. Our innovative design, which integrates both liquid and air cooling, allows us to support the extreme densities that Horizon demands while meeting our sustainability goals.”
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Hayden Beeson
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