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

NET2 and NESE Debut at SC25 Network Research Exhibition with High-Speed Data Transfer

UMass NET2 and Harvard NESE teams come together to showcase advanced networking and storage technologies, with NESE achieving sustained transfers of 700 Gb/s, paving the way for future large-scale scientific workflows.

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MGHPCC Goes to SC25

Center showcases cutting-edge HPC research and AI collaboration at annual conference.

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November 2025 Publications

Small-mass-ratio eccentric binaries? Loop-mediated stabilization? Microseismic noise mitigation? A selection of recent publications featuring research using computers at the MGHPCC.

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‘Critical computing’: Understanding the social and humanistic dimensions of technology

Yale students touring MGHPCC get an eye-opening look at the engineering challenges associated with maintaining a massive computing facility

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A new generative AI approach to predicting chemical reactions

System developed at MIT could provide realistic predictions for a wide variety of reactions, while maintaining real-world physical constraints.

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Impact is Inevitable

MGHPCC partner UMass Boston looks to its future and how public research, interdisciplinary education, and industry collaboration might unlock the power of the quantum world.

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Research projects

The US ATLAS Northeast Tier 2 Center

Yale Budget Lab

Volcanic Eruptions Impact on Stratospheric Chemistry & Ozone

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

Revolutionizing Materials Design with Computational Modeling

Quantum Computing in Renewable Energy Development

Pulling Back the Quantum Curtain on ‘Weyl Fermions’

New Insights on Binary Black Holes

Network Attached FPGAs in the OCT

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

Modeling Hydrogels and Elastomers

Modeling Breast Cancer Spread

Impact of Marine Heatwaves on Coral Diversity

IceCube: Hunting Neutrinos

Global Consequences of Warming-Induced Arctic River Changes

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

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

Asteroid Data Mining

Analyzing the Gut Microbiome

Adaptive Deep Learning Systems Towards Edge Intelligence

Accelerating Rendering Power

Computation + Machine Intelligence | Wu Tsai Institute

Computational Modeling of Biological Systems

Social Capital and Economic Mobility

MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Building for Floods

Better Pathogen Targeting

Tracking Environmental Health Risks

AI for Cancer Diagnosis

Microplastic-Free by Design

Supporting Data-intensive Social Science

Sailing the Symbiosis Seascape

Wrangle Range Modeling

Shining a Light on Dark Matter

Grid Responsive Data Centers

Multifunctional 3D-Printed Materials

AI Pareidolia

Computing Hidden Health Threats from Heat

Staving off the Banana Apocalypse

CRISPR Mice, Smarter Science

Naval and Ocean Renewable Energy Hydrodynamics

AI That Speaks Human About Health

A Safer Way to See Inside Cells

How Monkeys - and Machines - See in 3D

FlowER: AI for Predicting Chemical Reactions

Supercomputers Reveal Ancient Atmospheric Battle

OSN - Open Storage Network

Massachusetts AI Hub

MGHPCC AI Computing Resource (AICR)

YARD: A Curation Workflow Tool

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Collaborative projects

CAREERS Cyberteam

Northeast Research and Education Network

Ecosystem for Research Networking

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

The Mass Open Cloud Alliance (MOC Alliance)

Supercomputing Conference Virtual Booth

Unity HPC and AI Platform

ALL Collaborative PROJECTS

OUTREACH & EDUCATION PROJECTS

CSTA - Western MA

Girls Inc. Eureka!

Expanding Computing Education Pathways (ECEP) Alliance

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