Central Maine Growth Council

PURPOSE:THE MAINE HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING HUB (MHPCH) WILL ESTABLISH A STATE-OF-THE-ART COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCE IN WATERVILLE, MAINE, TO SERVE BUSINESSES, RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE STATE.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED:THIS WILL PROCURE, INSTALL, CONFIGURE, AND SECURE HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING EQUIPMENT AND RELATED DATA CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE. THE MHPCH IS A PURPOSE-BUILT COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT ENGINEERED FOR LARGE-SCALE PARALLEL WORKLOADS AND ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY. THE COMPUTATIONAL ENGINE IS POWERED BY 17 HIGH-DENSITY COMPUTE NODES, DELIVERING AN AGGREGATE CAPACITY OF 34 H100 GPUS AND 34 32-CORE CPUS. THIS CONSOLIDATED ARCHITECTURE MINIMIZES INTER-NODE LATENCY, ENABLING CALCULATIONS AT UNATTAINABLE SPEEDS BY STANDARD ENTERPRISE SERVERS AND ACCELERATING TIME-TO-SOLUTION FOR COMPLEX RESEARCH. TO MAXIMIZE GPU UTILIZATION, THE FACILITY EMPLOYS A TIERED STORAGE AND NETWORKING FABRIC. A 180TB FLASH STORAGE TIER HANDLES ACTIVE, ULTRA-LOW-LATENCY AI/ML DATASETS, COMPLEMENTED BY A 150TB PERSISTENT TIER FOR LONG-TERM DATA ARCHIVING. A MULTI-LAYERED NETWORK TOPOLOGY?ANCHORED BY AN INFINIBAND INTERCONNECT OPERATING BEYOND 100 GBPS ENSURES RAPID PARALLEL PROCESSING. ISOLATED JUNIPER AND CISCO SWITCHES MANAGE ROUTINE DATA TRANSFERS AND SECURE, OUT-OF-BAND ADMINISTRATION. AS A RESULT OF THIS PROJECT BEING STRICTLY FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT AND FUNDS, NO PRIMARY RESEARCH, A FORMAL DATA MANAGEMENT PLAN (DMP) HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED.EXPECTED OUTCOMES:THE PROJECT EXPECTED OUTCOMES ARE: (1) EXPANDING AND IMPROVING UPON THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES OF CENTRAL MAINE AND THE BROADER UNITED STATES; (2) BRIDGING TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE DEFICITS STATEWIDE AND RURAL SOMERSET AND KENNEBEC COUNTIES; (3) ACCELERATING COMMERCIALIZATION IN ADVANCED BIOTECHNOLOGY, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI), PRECISION MANUFACTURING, ENERGY SECURITY, AEROSPACE, AND MAINE'S HIGH GROWTH TECHNOLOGY SECTORS; (4) IMPLEMENTING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND AI TRAINING ALIGNED WITH THE NIST NICE FRAMEWORK; AND (5) CREATING OVER 250 HIGH-WAGE DIGITAL JOBS IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES:MHPCH WILL EMPOWER MAINE'S INNOVATORS TO PROCESS MASSIVE DATASETS, RUN COMPLEX SIMULATIONS, AND TRAIN ADVANCED AI MODELS LOCALLY. THIS INFLUX OF HIGH-SPEED COMPUTATIONAL CAPACITY WILL SERVE AS A DIRECT CATALYST FOR BREAKTHROUGHS ACROSS SEVERAL OF MAINE'S MOST CRITICAL AND HIGH-GROWTH TECHNOLOGY SECTORS: PERSONALIZED MEDICINE & GENOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL & MARINE RESEARCH; AND ENGINEERING & ADVANCED MATERIALS.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES:THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS.

DIRIGO LABS: FOSTERING INNOVATION AND COLLABORATIVELY SUPPORTING MAINE-BASED ENTREPRENEURS

FAST AWARDEE-CENTRAL MAIN GROWTH COUNCIL

CENTRAL MAINE GROWTH COUNCIL - FY23 CONGRESSIONAL COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING