Forefront of innovation: Jefferson Lab lands a state-of-the-art supercomputing hub

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Stuart Henderson has served as the director of Jefferson Lab since April 2017. As laboratory director, Henderson provides the vision for the lab’s operations and future. He sets laboratory policy and program direction; procures sufficient funding for optimal operation; oversees the successful delivery of its research programs; and ensures that Jefferson Lab complies with all regulations and laws and fulfills its contractual obligations. He also serves as a Governor's Distinguished CEBAF Professor at Old Dominion University.

Officials discuss the transformative announcement.

Tune in Wednesday November 1 at noon to learn about Jefferson Lab in Newport News being at the forefront of innovation as the site for a new national data science computing center. The new High Performance Data Facility is a $300 million to $500 million project – the single biggest technology investment ever made in Hampton Roads. Learn how this state-of-the-art supercomputing facility plays an important role in the economic and technological viability of the I-64 Innovation Corridor.

Jefferson Lab – formally called the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility – will be conducting cutting-edge technological research and making scientific data more accessible to scientists and researchers nationwide with the new High Performance Data Facility.

The new facility will be a computing and data infrastructure resource to provide transformational capabilities for data analysis, networking, and storage for the nation’s research enterprise. The goal is to speed up the pace of scientific discovery by providing researchers with the ability to seamlessly access data from a wide range of sources and scientific facilities, even in real time.

The U.S. Department of Energy announced on October 16 the selection of the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility as the lead for its new High Performance Data Facility Hub. Jefferson Lab will partner with DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to form a joint project team led by Jefferson Lab.

The new data center building is being funded by the state, which has allocated $6 million in seed funding and committed to provide $43 million for construction.