TACC's Dan Stanzione on AI, Power, and the Future of Supercomputing

Authored by

Nicole Hemsoth Prickett, Head of Industry Relations

This blog post was written in 2025 and reflects product capabilities at that time. Some information may be outdated.

Nicole, TACC Executive Director Dan Stanzione, and VAST Data’s Don Schulte discuss the evolution of the Texas Advanced Computing Center and its role in high-performance computing (HPC). Dan highlights TACC’s history, including the transition from Stampede to Stampede 2 and the impact of AI on power consumption and cost. They discuss the upcoming Horizon system, which will replace Frontera, featuring 4,000 Nvidia GPUs, 900,000 CPU cores, and half an exabyte of solid state storage.

The conversation also touches on the importance of data management, the shift from batch-oriented workflows to real-time data assimilation, and the potential of emerging technologies like photonics and quantum computing.

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