The NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center will soon no longer be operated by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the National Science Foundation announced on Thursday.
Management and operations of the supercomputing center will transition to an unnamed third-party operator, according to NSF. The agency said it will share more information as it becomes available. Boulder’s National Center for Atmospheric Research declined to comment, and NSF did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center, currently operated by NCAR in Cheyenne, Wyoming, supports and advances Earth system sciences by providing world-class computing environments, data services and research in computational science, according to its website. Each year, it provides its resources to more than 1,500 users at more than 500 universities and research institutions.
Thursday’s announcement comes after NSF announced several steps in the last few months to restructure NCAR’s infrastructure.