Mass. Governor Unveils Plan to Build High-Performance Computing Center by 2011
HPC Wire - Groundbreaking scheduled for next fall; collaboration with MIT, UMASS, BU, EMC, Cisco & Accenture part of lead-up to Governor’s Economic Summit
HOLYOKE, Mass. Oct. 21 — Governor Deval Patrick today joined University of Massachusetts President Dr. Jack Wilson, Holyoke Mayor Michael Sullivan, leaders from MIT, Boston University, and senior executives from EMC, Cisco, and Accenture to announce initial construction on Holyoke’s High Performance Computing Center (HPCC) is on track to begin next fall, with a target completion date set for late 2011. The public-private collaboration, which recently completed a successful 120-day planning process, will establish Massachusetts as a global leader in the development and application of the next generation of computing technologies.
