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University of Alabama Builds Statewide High Performance Computing Center with Dell Technologies

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  • The University of Alabama deployed Dell high performance computing, AI, & data infrastructure for its new High Performance Computing Center.
  • The facility is partially funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
  • Dell PowerEdge servers, NVIDIA AI infrastructure, & Dell AI storage will support research in water resource management, materials, health, national security, & quantum computing.
  • The center serves as a shared resource for academic, government, & industry partners to drive statewide economic growth & workforce development.
  • Equipment includes Dell PowerEdge R770 & XE7740 systems with NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition & NVIDIA H200 NVL GPUs.
  • Dell PowerScale provides scalable storage for large research datasets & unstructured data critical for AI-driven discovery.
  • The project builds on a two-decade relationship between Dell Technologies & the University of Alabama.
  • The infrastructure supports the University of Alabama System, the new School of Data Science, & collaboration across the state.