High-Performance Computing Systems and Operations
NREL operates high-performance computing (HPC) systems dedicated to advancing energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.
Download the NREL HPC Fiscal Year 2018 Annual Report to learn about recent highlights in this area.
Capabilities
NREL's HPC capabilities include:
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High-Performance Computing Systems
We operate systems with thousands to hundreds of thousands of processing cores, very high-performance networks, and thousands of petabytes of data storage space for hosting the models and simulations of many researchers and engineers.
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Cloud Computing
We provide cloud computing services as an enterprise solution for enabling scalability, reliability, and efficiency of mission-driven data science, computing, application development, data management/sharing, and analysis innovation at the laboratory.
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Data Storage Systems
We manage data storage systems to enable the integration of complex and large-volume experiments with HPC resources.
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User Operations
We manage the process of allocating portions of NREL's computational infrastructure to projects, create and maintain user accounts, and provide assistance to help users utilize the computational capabilities.
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Data Center Operations
We manage NREL's HPC Data Center to be extremely efficient in terms of energy and water use.
Learn more about accessing NREL's HPC systems as a user.
Facilities
NREL HPC experts manage systems and operations in the following facilities: