GOLDEN, CO, April 4, 2025 — The U.S. Department of Energy announced plans to co-locate data centers and new energy infrastructure on DOE lands. DOE has released a Request for Information (RFI) to inform possible use of DOE land for artificial intelligence infrastructure development to support growing demand for data centers. DrfiOE has identified 16 […]
Vanguards of HPC-AI: Sandia’s Christian Trott – Lowering the Barriers to HPC-AI Entry
February 28, 2025 by
“HPC systems have always been hard to leverage well, but with GPUs and other accelerators in the mix it has become truly daunting. Lowering the barrier to entry … on Kokkos, the ISO C++ committee, and the High Performance Software Foundation is what ….”
DOE Office of Science: Applications for Graduate Student Research Awards Due May 7
February 7, 2025 by
Feb. 7, 2025 — The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science announce that the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications for the 2025 solicitation 1 cycle. Applications are due on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. ET. More information on the SCGSR program can be found […]
DOE Announces $625M Quantum Research Funding Opportunity
January 15, 2025 by
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science (SC) announced that $625 million is available to support National Quantum Information Science Research Centers. These centers, which are multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary teams, are intended to accelerate the transformational advances in basic science ….
Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee (ASCAC) Meeting to be Held Jan. 16-17
January 14, 2025 by
The next meeting of the Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee (ASCAC), the federal advisory committee for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science’s program on Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR), will take place on Thursday, January 16 from 10 AM – 5 PM EST, and Friday, January 17 from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST via […]
DOE ASCR: $35M Available for HPC Data Management, Proposal Deadline May 13
January 13, 2025 by
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program, announced that $35 million dollars is available to support the advancement of high-performance computing (HPC) data management, storage, and scientific visualization that will help enable the development of the next-generation energy-efficient computing systems and approaches enabling accelerated scientific discovery. Learn more […]
DOE Releases Report on Data Center Electricity Demand
December 20, 2024 by
WASHINGTON, DC, Dec. 20, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the publication of the 2024 Report on U.S. Data Center Energy Use produced by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) which outlines the energy use of data centers from 2014 to 2028. The report estimates that data center load growth has tripled […]
DOE: 10 National Labs to Establish Semiconductor Manufacturing Institute
December 17, 2024 by
WASHINGTON, DC, Dec. 17, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that 10 of its national labs will establish the Semiconductor Manufacturing and Advanced Research with Twins USA (SMART USA) Institute, a manufacturing institute intended to support domestic semiconductor production through advanced digital twin technology. SMART USA will leverage the digital twin, or […]
HPC Helps Researchers Boost Tree Growth and Photosynthesis
December 9, 2024 by
A team of scientists at two Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Centers have identified a gene in a poplar tree that enhances photosynthesis and can boost tree height by about 30 percent in the field and by as much as 200 percent in the greenhouse.
DOE Announces Research, Technology and Economic Security Framework
December 2, 2024 by
Dec. 2, 20224 — For applicants and recipients of Department of Energy (DOE) financial assistance and loan funding, a newly published “Research Technology and Economic Security Framework” highlights DOE’s goals, process, high-level risk factors, and commitment to mitigation when assessing RTES risk. This framework codifies a harmonized approach across all DOE/NNSA funding offices, while also […]
