HPC Buy-In Opportunity
Researchers are invited to purchase nodes in the university’s on-prem high-performance computing data center.
The university’s Research Data Center (RDC) is preparing to install a new HPC cluster in fall 2026. The new system will have 40 nodes of CPU compute, two 8-GPU nodes with H200 GPUs, and one 3TB High-memory node, and will incorporate InfiniBand networking for MPI capabilities. It will be available sometime in the later part of this year.
Members of the campus community have access to a standard allocation of time on these university-provided resources at no cost.
In addition, the RDC supports researchers who have funds for HPC acquisition by adding compute nodes to the central purchase. Buy-in partners pay only for the nodes, and the administration of those nodes is handled by RDC staff. With their purchase, researchers receive dedicated time on RDC resources that match the amount of the purchase.
Please contact us at hpc-consult@arizona.edu if you are interested in funding GPU or CPU compute resources for dedicated time for your projects. Prices for nodes have been rising, so you are encouraged to buy as soon as possible.