November 28th, 2011 / Posted by InnovateHolyoke
HOLYOKE – Vocational students will learn about the $168 million high performance computing center from the contractors building it.
An after-school program on the project will begin in January and get a kick-off with a scheduled visit by Gov. Deval L. Patrick and other officials Tuesday, officials said this week.
“This is a great opportunity,” said William Diehl, deputy director of the Collaborative for Educational Services, of Northampton.
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November 17th, 2011 / Posted by InnovateHolyoke
Final report to the Holyoke Innovation District Task Force is now available:
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November 17th, 2011 / Posted by InnovateHolyoke
HOLYOKE – The pending presence of a high performance computing center downtown has led to a $250,000 grant that will help middle-school science students, officials said.
Having the $168 million technology hub under construction helped get the grant from the National Science Foundation, officials said last week.
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November 8th, 2011 / Posted by InnovateHolyoke
October 28, 2011
Boston Herald
Author: Brendan Lynch
Imagine the power of hundreds of thousands of computers working together to solve the toughest problems dreamed up by researchers at some of the Bay State’s top universities.
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November 8th, 2011 / Posted by InnovateHolyoke
November 06, 2011
Author: D.C. Denison - Globe Staff
HOLYOKE – The sprawling construction site, bustling with yellow safety-vested workers and roaring, orange earth-moving machinery, is an island of hope amid still canals and silent mills.
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November 1st, 2011 / Posted by InnovateHolyoke
The planned Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center in Holyoke has won a $14.5 million New Markets Tax Credit from the state’s economic development arm, MassDevelopment.
The report of the new credit financing follows on the heels of last week’s announcement from Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office that it reached a deal with developers that includes a promise not to sue property owner Holyoke Gas & Electric as the development and construction of the center moves forward. According to a release from MassDevelopment, the new financing will help fund the acquisition, construction and permanent financing of the 90,300-square-foot center in Holyoke.
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October 27th, 2011 / Posted by InnovateHolyoke
As published in Banker & Tradesman – 10/26/11
MassDevelopment has provided a $14.5 million New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocation to the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC), New England’s first high performance computing center.
The financing will help fund the acquisition, construction, and permanent financing of the 90,300-square-foot center in Holyoke. MassDevelopment also participated in the early stages of site selection, managed the demolition of existing structures on the site, and provided assessment and remediation financing to Holyoke Gas & Electric to clean up the site.
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October 11th, 2011 / Posted by InnovateHolyoke
By Stephen Singer, The Associated Press as Published Bangor Daily News – 10/10/2011.
HOLYOKE, Mass. — At a gritty industrial site occupied a century ago by a textile mill, five universities are collaborating to install supercomputers that will recreate the start of the universe and perform other research.
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October 11th, 2011 / Posted by InnovateHolyoke
by Lauren Landry – BostInnovation.com, 10/10/2011
Colleges and universities already have a large impact on the state. The city’s schools, alone, employ over 42,600 people and support a total of 68,400 jobs, according to the Boston Redevelopment Authority. When it comes to the economy, student and student visitors spend approximately $1.7 billion a year in Boston. Imagine, then, what could happen when five of the state’s most prominent colleges collaborate to create a supercomputing center in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
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October 3rd, 2011 / Posted by InnovateHolyoke
The next meeting of the Holyoke Innovation District Task Force will be held Thursday, October 20, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Holyoke Transportation Center at 206 Maple Street in Holyoke. Please note the new, earlier, time. For more information, including a list of Task Force members and an agenda when it becomes available, click here.
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