MGHPCC

What MGHPCC does

MGHPCC (Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center) is a private research-computing consortium founded in 2013 and headquartered in Holyoke, Massachusetts. It is jointly governed by six research-intensive universities — Boston University, Harvard, MIT, Northeastern, University of Massachusetts, and Yale — and operates a LEED Platinum-certified facility that supplies state-of-the-art HPC infrastructure to academic and affiliated researchers across the Northeast.

The facility's installed base includes hundreds of thousands of CPUs, millions of GPU cores, more than 50PB of storage, and 2 TB/sec of network connectivity spanning Internet2, ESNET, and direct cloud-provider links at 10–100 Gbps. It hosts multiple TOP500-ranked systems (Satori and TX-GAIA at MIT, Cannon at Harvard), the Kempner Institute AI cluster (currently 568 high-end NVIDIA GPUs, expanding Q1 2026), and the NSF-funded Open Cloud Testbed. MGHPCC also operates three core product subsidiaries: New England Research Cloud (NERC) for elastic cloud and AI workloads; Northeast Storage Exchange (NESE) for shared regional storage; and OCT for cloud-technology experimentation.

MGHPCC's revenue mechanics are consortium- and grant-driven rather than commercial. Funding flows from university member contributions, state-level grants (e.g., $875,000 from MassTech Collaborative in February 2020 for NERC), NSF infrastructure awards, and increasingly from the Massachusetts AI Hub initiative (announced December 2024) which is funneling multi-tranche funding into AI/ML compute. NERC applies usage-based pricing for its cloud services, while HPC access for consortium researchers is largely institutional. Customers are predominantly academic research groups at member universities plus affiliated research institutions such as the Broad Institute and MIT Lincoln Laboratory.

Name

MGHPCC

Legal name

Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center

Website

https://mghpcc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MGHPCC is a private consortium of six New England research universities operating a LEED Platinum-certified high-performance computing facility in Holyoke, MA. It provides HPC infrastructure, cloud services via NERC, and the Kempner Institute AI cluster to academic and government-affiliated researchers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Research Computing Infrastructure (HPC)

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Computer Facilities Management Services (541513), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

akta.pro primary industry

HPC / AI-Optimized Data Center Facilities (HDABACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Private Cloud Networking & SDN/NFV Management (HDABABAK), End-to-End MLOps & ML Platform Suites (HDAAABAA), Data Center Operations & Managed Services (Remote Hands, NOC/SOC) (HDABANAA)

Keywords

• High performance computing
• Research cloud infrastructure
• Academic computing services
• HPC data center
• GPU computing clusters

Headquarters

HQ city

Holyoke

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Research Cloud Services: NERC (New England Research Cloud) provides cloud computing services to academic researchers and institutions. Funded in part by $875,000 award from MassTech Collaborative in February 2020 to sponsor NERC's pilot activities.
2. Collaborative Research Partnerships: MGHPCC Consortium issues RFPs for AI/ML compute infrastructure as part of state initiatives. The Massachusetts AI Hub initiative announced in December 2024 includes three tranches of funding for AI/ML systems supporting AI capabilities development in Massachusetts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

MGHPCC operates a shared high-performance computing data center and associated cloud services for academic and scientific research. The facility provides computational infrastructure (hundreds of thousands of CPUs, millions of GPU cores, 50PB+ storage, 2 TB/sec network) and the New England Research Cloud (NERC) delivers OpenStack-based virtual machines, Red Hat OpenShift container platforms, AI/ML analytics with NVIDIA GPUs, and S3-compatible storage to researchers across New England universities.

Product overview

MGHPCC is a collaboration among research-intensive universities (Boston University, Harvard University, MIT, Northeastern University, University of Massachusetts, and Yale) providing state-of-the-art high performance computing infrastructure. The main offerings include: (1) MGHPCC facility hosting 100s of 1000s of CPUs, millions of GPU cores, 50PB+ storage, and 2 TB/sec network access; (2) NERC (New England Research Cloud) providing cloud computing services including virtual machines, container platforms (OpenShift), AI/ML analytics (RHOAI), and object storage via S3-compatible APIs; (3) Open Cloud Testbed (OCT) for cloud technology research using FPGA accelerators; (4) Collaborative programs including AI Jumpstart, CAREERS Cyberteam, and education outreach (ECEP, Girls Inc. Eureka!, CSTA). GPU infrastructure includes NVIDIA H100, A100, V100, K80, and the Kempner Institute AI cluster with 384 H100 + 144 A100 + 40 H200 GPUs (expanding in 2026). Research projects utilize these resources for genomics, geospatial analysis, tornado detection, drug discovery, and AI/ML development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• New England Research Cloud (NERC): Regional cloud computing resource providing virtual machines, container platforms, AI/ML analytics, and storage services for academic researchers in New England.
• Northeast Storage Exchange (NESE)
• Open Cloud Testbed (OCT)

Products and services

• MGHPCC High-Performance Computing Facility Shared high-performance computing data center providing space, power, cooling, and high-speed connectivity to host TOP500 supercomputers (Satori, TX-GAIA at MIT; Cannon at Harvard) for consortium member universities and affiliated researchers.
• New England Research Cloud (NERC)

Quantifiable outcome

• Supports millions of virtual experiments every month
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration19 records

AI capability9 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core, supporting and major.

• Boston UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding member of MGHPCC consortium. Boston University co-leads the Open Cloud Testbed (OCT) project and hosts the Red Hat Collaboratory partnership. BU Research Computing group operates HPC services and has rich engagement history regionally and nationally through CaRCC and Campus Champions program.
• Harvard UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding member and current leader of New England Research Cloud (NERC). Hosts Center for Geographic Analysis (CGA) projects and Kempner Institute for AI research (one of largest academic AI clusters). Harvard FAS Research Computing group demonstrates successful collaborations and operates growing HPC services.
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding member hosting TOP500 machines Satori and TX-GAIA. Lincoln Laboratory Supercomputing Center conducts tornado detection and energy-efficient AI research at MGHPCC.
• Northeastern UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding member and co-lead of Open Cloud Testbed (OCT). Hosts Institute for Experiential AI with professor Arjun Guha working on open generative AI models. Leads AI Jumpstart program for Massachusetts businesses.
• University of MassachusettscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding member co-leading Open Cloud Testbed. Conducts research including US ATLAS Northeast Tier 2 Center, permafrost and climate studies, and next-generation 800G research networking.
• Yale UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMGHPCC consortium member. Yale Center for Research Computing leads CAREERS Cyberteam program supporting researchers at smaller institutions. Hosts Yale Budget Lab research project.
• Red Hat, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRed Hat Collaboratory partnership with Boston University connects BU faculty and students with industry practitioners in open-source software communities. Aims to advance research in operating systems, cloud computing, ML/automation, and big data platforms through sponsored research projects, fellowships, internships, and joint colloquia.
• Northeast Storage Exchange (NESE)coreTechnology or IntegrationShared regional storage collaboration funded by NSF and operated as partnership between universities. Meets storage needs for data-intensive science, engineering, education, and technology research in the northeastern U.S.
• OpenStack Foundation / OpenInfra LabssupportingTechnology or IntegrationCommunity integrating and optimizing infrastructure layers, testing open source code in production, publishing reproducible stacks for workloads. NERC uses OpenStack as foundational cloud platform.
• Dell TechnologiessupportingTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partner providing infrastructure solutions. Listed as in-partnership technology vendor supporting MGHPCC operations.
• CiscosupportingTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partner providing networking solutions. Listed as in-partnership technology vendor supporting MGHPCC infrastructure connectivity.
• Massachusetts AI HubmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState initiative announced December 2024. MGHPCC Consortium issued RFP for AI/ML compute infrastructure as part of Massachusetts AI Hub initiative. Three tranches of funding for AI/ML systems with initial operations planned by August 2025.
• Mass Open Cloud (MOC) AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership between higher education, medical research centers, government, and industry providing structure for research-focused cloud. Includes production cloud services (NERC, NESE, OSN), national testbed (OCT), and research enablement projects (Biogrids, ChRiS).
• Ecosystem for Research Networking (ERN)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerERN provides convening space for people who use and manage campus and regional research compute, data, storage, and network resources to advance research, pedagogy, and innovation in research computing.
• Northeast Research and Education Network (NEREN)supportingTechnology or IntegrationConsortium of non-profit organizations providing fiber-optic network connecting research and education communities in New York and New England, fostering collaboration between regional network providers and users.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• CoreWeave: Specialized GPU cloud provider built for AI workloads, offering H100/H200 capacity at scale. Competes with MGHPCC/NERC for AI compute demand from researchers who might otherwise use academic clusters.
• Lambda Labs: AI cloud provider offering GPU instances (H100, H200) and clusters targeting academic and enterprise AI/ML workloads. Comparable GPU-as-a-service positioning to NERC's commercial-style offerings.

Regional players

• Digital Research Alliance of Canada: Canadian national consortium providing HPC, cloud, and storage resources to academic researchers. Closely comparable mission and operating model, but serving Canadian institutions rather than US/New England researchers.

Direct peers

• Argonne National Laboratory (ALCF): DOE national laboratory operating leadership-class HPC systems (Aurora, Theta) for open science. Comparable in scale and mission to MGHPCC, but federally funded via DOE rather than consortium/NSF.
• San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC): UC San Diego-based HPC center providing supercomputing resources to academic researchers. Operates under similar NSF-funded, university-anchored model with comparable research computing focus.
• Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC): University of Texas-affiliated academic HPC center providing supercomputing, cloud, and AI resources to researchers. Operates a similar consortium-style model serving a flagship state university system, making it a structural analog to MGHPCC.
• Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC): Joint CMU/University of Pittsburgh HPC facility offering Bridges-2 and Neocortex systems to national academic researchers. Comparable scale, consortium governance, and NSF-funded operating model.
• National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA): University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign HPC center serving academic and industry researchers with Blue Waters and Delta systems. Comparable scale and academic consortium-style operations.

Broad incumbents

• Google Cloud HPC: Hyperscaler offering H100/H200 instances, Research Innovators program, and academic discounts that overlap with NERC's regional cloud and academic HPC value proposition.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS HPC): Hyperscaler offering academic pricing, Elastic HPC, and EC2 GPU instances that compete with NERC for research compute demand. Broader portfolio but overlapping target customer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MGHPCC
• GitHubgithub.com/KempnerInstitute
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@MassOpenCloudAlliance
• Facebookfacebook.com/mghpcc

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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