A regional center for research and education where advanced computing helps improve health, energy, resilience, and scientific discovery.

The Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) provides state-of-the-art infrastructure for computationally intensive research and education. Located in Holyoke, Massachusetts, the center has been serving as a regional center for research and education, supporting researchers, educators, and students from leading universities across New England for over a decade.

Unlike commercial data centers whose primary mission is to deliver consumer and business services, the MGHPCC exists to support research, education, and scientific discovery. Its resources help researchers answer questions about disease, clean energy, public safety, our natural environment, and the fundamental nature of our universe. Through a unique collaboration among leading universities, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the Holyoke Community, the center provides capabilities that would be far more costly and less efficient for individual institutions to build and operate on their own.

Computers housed at the MGHPCC advance understanding in climate, energy, medicine, materials science, health, space, and computing. Historically, such activities have enriched the economy by yielding new companies, and sometimes entirely new industries. The examples highlighted below represent only a small sample of the thousands of projects and investigations that rely on MGHPCC resources each year.

While the specific research projects vary widely, they share a common characteristic: they seek to advance knowledge in ways that improve human health, strengthen communities, expand economic opportunity, protect the environment, and deepen our understanding of the world.

“Unlike commercial data centers built primarily to deliver online services, the MGHPCC exists to support research, education, and scientific discovery. Every month, its resources enable millions of virtual experiments aimed at improving health, strengthening communities, advancing clean energy, protecting the environment, and expanding human knowledge.”