The Center was first planned in early 2009 in joint discussions between MIT and UMass, with UMass President Jack M. Wilson being a key proponent of the project, and its eventual founding chair. Boston University, Northeastern, and Harvard joined the planning process soon thereafter. Holyoke was selected as the location on June 11, 2009. The specific site was announced on August 9, 2010; a century ago the site had housed a textile mill.[9] Ground was broken on October 5, 2011. The topping off ceremony occurred on November 29, 2011.[10] The facility was completed in November 2012.[11]
Fundingedit
Funding for the construction of the facility came first and foremost from the five university partners.[12] The state of Massachusetts pledged $25 million toward associated costs.[13] Additional support came from Cisco Systems, and EMC Corporation. The U.S. Department of Commerce spent $2.1 million on hydroelectric infrastructure improvements to support the center and similar businesses in the city's Innovation District.[14]
Infrastructureedit
During the construction of the MGHPCC, partner institutions constructed a link to a point of presence in Chicopee, connecting Holyoke's extensive city fiber network, seen here, to a regional fiber optic communications pathway[2]
Holyoke Gas and Electric partnered with the consortium to do the site selection and to contract for the provision of green power from their hydroelectric facilities. Between 2011-2013, Holyoke Gas and Electric constructed the new North Canal Substation located on Water Street which provides the electrical service for the computer center via two dedicated 34.5 kV feeders directly from the substation's 34.5 kV bus. The MGHPCC shares the 34.5 kV bus exclusively with the Hadley Falls Hydro Electric station, the largest of HG&E's hydro facilities, which creates a direct power path to the computing center from the Hadley Falls plant. Two 115 kV/34.5 kV transformers at the substation connect the bus to the transmission system and provide electricity from the grid to the computing center when the hydro plant is offline or generating less power than the computing center is using. These transformers also function to deliver excess power to the grid when the Hadley Falls station is producing more output than what the computing center is using.
Holyoke's municipal fiber optic network would also play a decisive role in the location of the computing center, and with its construction, a dedicated link 10gbps was built for the facility's educational affiliates on specialized networks such as the Internet2 consortium.[2][15]
Researchedit
The MGHPCC facilities have been used for a wide variety of applications including,[16] but not limited to, advanced iterative methods for modeling molecular geometry,[17][18] the behavior of stellar wind,[19]ecological resilience of renewable energy systems,[20] and neural circuitry.[21] The facility also serves as a data processing center for a commercial and academic partnership hosted by Boston University known as Mass Open Cloud, a collaborative project to create a novel decentralized public cloud based on the Open Cloud eXchange model.[22][23]
Notesedit
^According to Sharma et al. (2017), 66.7% of its ≈400 annual mWh power consumption came from hydroelectric power provided by Holyoke Gas & Electric in 2017, and including the remaining nuclear, solar, and other carbon-free contracted sources more than 94% of this demand was carbon-neutral.
Referencesedit
^. Boston University. Archived from the original on October 24, 2018.
^ abc. MGHPCC. Archived from the original on February 16, 2018.
^Sharma, Prateek; Pegus, Patrick; Irwin, David; Shenoy, Prashant; Goodhue, John; Culbert, James (27 July 2017). "Design and Operational Analysis of a Green Data Center". IEEE Internet Computing. XXI (4): 16–24. doi:10.1109/MIC.2017.2911421. S2CID 9604908.
^"High-tech computing center on track", Boston Globe, October 22, 2009
^. MGHPCC. Archived from the original on October 24, 2018.
^. University of Massachusetts Office of the President. Archived from the original on July 18, 2016.
^. The Harvard Gazette. November 28, 2016. Archived from the original on September 29, 2018.
^"Mass. pledges $25M for Holyoke computing center" 2010-04-03 at the Wayback Machine, Mass High Tech, March 29, 2010
^Department of Commerce press release 2011-11-15 at the Wayback Machine, August 24, 2011
^. MGHPCC. Archived from the original on February 16, 2018.
^. MGHPCC. Archived from the original on October 30, 2018.
^Styers, John M.; Gamache, Robert (2014). "Explicit Parallelization of Robert-Bonamy Formalism". 13th International HITRAN Conference. Cambridge, Mass.: 39. Bibcode:2014hitr.confE..39S. doi:10.5281/zenodo.11186.
^Bores, Cecilia; Auerbach, Scott M.; Monson, Peter A (2018). "Enhanced replica exchange reactive Monte Carlo simulations for constructing zeolite frameworks". Molecular Simulation. XLIV (6): 453–462. doi:10.1080/08927022.2017.1399375. S2CID 103190532.
^Offner; Liu (2018). "Turbulent Action at a Distance due to Stellar Feedback in Magnetized Clouds". Nature Astronomy. 2 (11): 896–900. arXiv:1809.03513. Bibcode:2018NatAs...2..896O. doi:10.1038/s41550-018-0566-1. S2CID 256708172.
^Ray, Patrick A; Bonzanigo, Laura; Wi, Sungwook; Yang, Yi-Chen E; Karki, Pravin; Garcia, Luis E; Rodriguez, Diego J; Brown, Casey M (January 2018). "Multidimensional stress test for hydropower investments facing climate, geophysical and financial uncertainty". Global Environmental Change. XLVIII: 168–181. doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.11.013. hdl:10986/29445.
^Mathis, Alexander; Rokni, Dan; Kapoor, Vikrant; Bethge, Matthias; Murthy, Venkatesh N (September 7, 2016). "Reading Out Olfactory Receptors: Feedforward Circuits Detect Odors in Mixtures without Demixing". Neuron. XCI (5): 1110–1123. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2016.08.007. PMC5035545. PMID 27593177.
^"About". Mass Open Cloud. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
^Gronberg, Ray (June 21, 2018). . The News&Observer. Raleigh. Archived from the original on June 22, 2018.
Further readingedit
Sharma, Prateek; Pegus, Patrick; Irwin, David; Shenoy, Prashant; Goodhue, John; Culbert, James (27 July 2017). "Design and Operational Analysis of a Green Data Center". IEEE Internet Computing. XXI (4): 16–24. doi:10.1109/MIC.2017.2911421. S2CID 9604908.
External linksedit
MGHPCC Official Website, public information
Shared Computing Cluster, Boston University
Research Computing, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Research Computing Facility, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Computing, Northeastern University Information Technology Services
High Performance Computing Center, UMass Amherst
Green High Performance Computing Cluster, UMass Medical
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Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center MGHPCC is an intercollegiate high performance computing facility located in Holyoke Massachusetts connected to that city s municipal fiber grid and powered by Holyoke Gas and Electric via the Holyoke Canal System and Dam 2 3 a MGHPCC is a joint venture of Boston University Harvard MIT Northeastern and the University of Massachusetts system 4 the facility holds the capacity for hundreds of thousands of cores in clusters provided by its affiliates 5 For example as of 2016 one cluster used by UMass contained a network of 14 376 cores both Intel and AMD and more than 1 1 petabytes of on site storage on an FDR Infiniband network 6 The facility maintains capacity for regular expansion with key partners investing capability upgrades in the current building and more than 4 acres of additional undeveloped space 7 8 Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing CenterThe main facilities of the MGHPCCEstablished2012Research typeMultiprogramField of researchPhysical scienceLife scienceEnvironmental scienceEnergy scienceData scienceComputational scienceDirectorJohn GoodhueBoard ChairmanRobert A Brown 2011 Address100 Bigelow Street Holyoke MA 01040LocationHolyoke Massachusetts USA42 12 9 0756 N 72 36 28 5588 W 42 202521000 N 72 607933000 W 42 202521000 72 607933000Campus8 6 acres 1 AffiliationsCommonwealth of Massachusetts Boston University Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Northeastern University University of MassachusettsWebsitewww mghpcc org Contents 1 History 2 Funding 3 Infrastructure 4 Research 5 Notes 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksHistory editThe Center was first planned in early 2009 in joint discussions between MIT and UMass with UMass President Jack M Wilson being a key proponent of the project and its eventual founding chair Boston University Northeastern and Harvard joined the planning process soon thereafter Holyoke was selected as the location on June 11 2009 The specific site was announced on August 9 2010 a century ago the site had housed a textile mill 9 Ground was broken on October 5 2011 The topping off ceremony occurred on November 29 2011 10 The facility was completed in November 2012 11 Funding editFunding for the construction of the facility came first and foremost from the five university partners 12 The state of Massachusetts pledged 25 million toward associated costs 13 Additional support came from Cisco Systems and EMC Corporation The U S Department of Commerce spent 2 1 million on hydroelectric infrastructure improvements to support the center and similar businesses in the city s Innovation District 14 Infrastructure edit nbsp During the construction of the MGHPCC partner institutions constructed a link to a point of presence in Chicopee connecting Holyoke s extensive city fiber network seen here to a regional fiber optic communications pathway 2 Holyoke Gas and Electric partnered with the consortium to do the site selection and to contract for the provision of green power from their hydroelectric facilities Between 2011 2013 Holyoke Gas and Electric constructed the new North Canal Substation located on Water Street which provides the electrical service for the computer center via two dedicated 34 5 kV feeders directly from the substation s 34 5 kV bus The MGHPCC shares the 34 5 kV bus exclusively with the Hadley Falls Hydro Electric station the largest of HG amp E s hydro facilities which creates a direct power path to the computing center from the Hadley Falls plant Two 115 kV 34 5 kV transformers at the substation connect the bus to the transmission system and provide electricity from the grid to the computing center when the hydro plant is offline or generating less power than the computing center is using These transformers also function to deliver excess power to the grid when the Hadley Falls station is producing more output than what the computing center is using Holyoke s municipal fiber optic network would also play a decisive role in the location of the computing center and with its construction a dedicated link 10gbps was built for the facility s educational affiliates on specialized networks such as the Internet2 consortium 2 15 Research editThe MGHPCC facilities have been used for a wide variety of applications including 16 but not limited to advanced iterative methods for modeling molecular geometry 17 18 the behavior of stellar wind 19 ecological resilience of renewable energy systems 20 and neural circuitry 21 The facility also serves as a data processing center for a commercial and academic partnership hosted by Boston University known as Mass Open Cloud a collaborative project to create a novel decentralized public cloud based on the Open Cloud eXchange model 22 23 Notes edit According to Sharma et al 2017 66 7 of its 400 annual mWh power consumption came from hydroelectric power provided by Holyoke Gas amp Electric in 2017 and including the remaining nuclear solar and other carbon free contracted sources more than 94 of this demand was carbon neutral References edit Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center Boston University Archived from the original on October 24 2018 a b c Utility Infrastructure and Environmental Remediation Telecommunication Infrastructure MGHPCC Archived from the original on February 16 2018 Sharma Prateek Pegus Patrick Irwin David Shenoy Prashant Goodhue John Culbert James 27 July 2017 Design and Operational Analysis of a Green Data Center IEEE Internet Computing XXI 4 16 24 doi 10 1109 MIC 2017 2911421 S2CID 9604908 High tech computing center on track Boston Globe October 22 2009 FAQs MGHPCC Archived from the original on October 24 2018 University Research Computing Architecture University of Massachusetts Office of the President Archived from the original on July 18 2016 For bigger data more storage The Harvard Gazette November 28 2016 Archived from the original on September 29 2018 Property Map City of Holyoke Mapgeo Mass schools team up for supercomputer center Washington Times October 9 2011 SuperComputer Center Topped Off Harvard Crimson November 30 2011 ABOUT MGHPCC www mghpcc org Retrieved 2016 12 31 Partners MGHPCC www mghpcc org Retrieved 2016 12 31 Mass pledges 25M for Holyoke computing center Archived 2010 04 03 at the Wayback Machine Mass High Tech March 29 2010 Department of Commerce press release Archived 2011 11 15 at the Wayback Machine August 24 2011 Why Holyoke MGHPCC Archived from the original on February 16 2018 A selection of research using the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center MGHPCC Archived from the original on October 30 2018 Styers John M Gamache Robert 2014 Explicit Parallelization of Robert Bonamy Formalism 13th International HITRAN Conference Cambridge Mass 39 Bibcode 2014hitr confE 39S doi 10 5281 zenodo 11186 Bores Cecilia Auerbach Scott M Monson Peter A 2018 Enhanced replica exchange reactive Monte Carlo simulations for constructing zeolite frameworks Molecular Simulation XLIV 6 453 462 doi 10 1080 08927022 2017 1399375 S2CID 103190532 Offner Liu 2018 Turbulent Action at a Distance due to Stellar Feedback in Magnetized Clouds Nature Astronomy 2 11 896 900 arXiv 1809 03513 Bibcode 2018NatAs 2 896O doi 10 1038 s41550 018 0566 1 S2CID 256708172 Ray Patrick A Bonzanigo Laura Wi Sungwook Yang Yi Chen E Karki Pravin Garcia Luis E Rodriguez Diego J Brown Casey M January 2018 Multidimensional stress test for hydropower investments facing climate geophysical and financial uncertainty Global Environmental Change XLVIII 168 181 doi 10 1016 j gloenvcha 2017 11 013 hdl 10986 29445 Mathis Alexander Rokni Dan Kapoor Vikrant Bethge Matthias Murthy Venkatesh N September 7 2016 Reading Out Olfactory Receptors Feedforward Circuits Detect Odors in Mixtures without Demixing Neuron XCI 5 1110 1123 doi 10 1016 j neuron 2016 08 007 PMC 5035545 PMID 27593177 About Mass Open Cloud Retrieved October 30 2018 Gronberg Ray June 21 2018 Kids across the world likely don t know Red Hat but it s working for them The News amp Observer Raleigh Archived from the original on June 22 2018 Further reading editSharma Prateek Pegus Patrick Irwin David Shenoy Prashant Goodhue John Culbert James 27 July 2017 Design and Operational Analysis of a Green Data Center IEEE Internet Computing XXI 4 16 24 doi 10 1109 MIC 2017 2911421 S2CID 9604908 External links editMGHPCC Official Website public informationShared Computing Cluster Boston University Research Computing Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Research Computing Facility Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Computing Northeastern University Information Technology Services High Performance Computing Center UMass Amherst Green High Performance Computing Cluster UMass Medical Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center amp oldid 1177260390, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
