The Supercomputer Transforming the University of Florida Into an AI Hub

The University of Florida spent $24 million to upgrade its supercomputer, which is one of the fastest machines in the world and gives Florida researchers access to a tool most academics don’t have.

Far from the high-profile tech hubs on the West Coast, a college town in north Florida’s swamplands is pushing forward to distinguish itself as an AI research destination.

Last month, the University of Florida’s Board of Trustees approved a $24 million investment to upgrade UF’s supercomputer, HiPerGator. When NVIDIA, the AI computing company that built the machine, delivers the fourth-generation model to campus later this year, it will make Gainesville the home of one of the globe’s fastest supercomputers amid an international AI arms race.

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