Our Computing System Location

The Roar supercomputer team members work out of the Computer Building on Penn State’s University Park Campus. The Roar Collab cyberinfrastructure, which supports Penn State research computing, is also located at the University Park Campus, within a state-of-the-art data center. This data center provides 2.4MW of redundant power and 12,000 square feet of environmentally controlled space for our hardware. Approximately 50 percent of the facility’s power and equipment resources are dedicated to supporting the ICDS system infrastructure. To protect the facilities, equipment, and data, the white space is locked at all times with electronic locks on all doors and is monitored by camera 24×7. Only those with authorized ID-card swipe access can enter the white space.