The Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) is a ground breaking collaboration of five of the state’s most research-intensive universities, state government and private industry — the most significant collaboration among government, industry and public and private universities in the history of the Commonwealth, and the first facility in the nation of its kind. Learn more
Slideshow from ground-breaking through completion of exterior construction presented to Governor Patrick in spring 2012.
Typically plants need an average of at least a few hundred watts per square meter of solar radiation to survive. At depths of a few hundred meters down in the ocean, the amount of solar radiation decays to around a millionth of the surface intensity so that ...
Following on where Under the Hood - Part I: The Ground Floor left off, in this video, the MEP (mechanical, electrical and plumbing) manager for the MGHPCC construction project, Greg Webster (Turner Construction) narrates a second virtual tour of the building, this time focussing on the ...
Right now (early Spring 2012) the frame of the Bigelow Street building is obscured within a white plastic bubble, protecting it from the New England winter. Inside, however, work forges ahead as mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems in support of the future data center are installed. In ...
Time-lapse movie of the growing MGHPCC building - From August 25, 2011 with foundation digging, concrete pouring, and construction of the steel frame (completed November 29, 2011). The building is expected to be completed by the end of 2012.
Time-lapse movie of demolition (which began May 9, 2011) through site clearing. The building is scheduled to be completed towards the end of 2012.
Time-lapse movie of the growing MGHPCC building - From demolition (which began May 9, 2011), through site clearing, foundation digging, concrete pouring, construction of the steel frame (November 29, 2011) and on into mid-December. The building is expected to be completed by the end of 2012.