NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center

The NWSC’s design takes full advantage of Cheyenne’s elevation and cool, dry climate by employing ambient air to cool the facility nearly year-round. This significantly reduces the facility’s energy use. The facility is 90% more energy efficient than typical supercomputing centers

The NWSC enables advanced scientific discovery for the next several decades. The adaptive design and construction allow the facility to expand in accordance with the evolving nature of supercomputing technology.

The three-story, 170,982-square-foot NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC) is a high-performance scientific computing center in the atmospheric and related geosciences fields. The facility includes 16,000 square feet of Administration space, a 3,600-square-foot Network Operations Center, 2,300 square feet of Mass Media Storage, as well as a 100,000-square-foot Central Utility Plant.

Over 70% of the construction materials were reused on-site or recycled.

This project received multiple industry awards, including:

• 2013 National Data Center Award from Datacenter Dynamics North American Green Data Center
• 2012 Best Green Project from Engineering News-Record (ENR) Mountain States.
• LEED Gold Certification, 2011