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National Science Foundation
United States federal agency that funds scientific and engineering research.
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Jun 4, 2026
A Court Froze NSF's Supercomputer Handoff. The Operating Model Is the Story.
A federal judge halted NSF's handoff of the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center. The problem wasn't legality; it was that NSF's process was 'arbitrary and capricious,' and the expertise running the machine can't be quickly replaced.
Jun 4, 2026 · By SCN Staff · 10 min read
May 13, 2026
Nebius's $50 Billion Sells Out. Public Science Gets None of It.
Nebius's $50B backlog: 94% to Meta and Microsoft, zero to NAIRR, CloudBank, or DOE Genesis. The largest neocloud sells out before science can access it.
May 13, 2026 · By SCN Staff · 11 min read
Mar 12, 2026
NSF's $457M Horizon Supercomputer Is Going to Morehouse College
The Leadership-Class Computing Facility's first new site selection in a generation lands at an HBCU. The workforce implications matter as much as the FLOPS.
Mar 12, 2026 · By SCN Staff · 5 min read
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