NREL Powers AI & Energy Research with VAST
NREL unifies HPC and AI workloads while maximizing data center energy efficiency.
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Use Case
NREL Accelerates Clean Energy AI
Overview
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) leads the nation in renewable energy research. NREL relies on world-class supercomputers like Kestrel to run complex simulations and compute-intensive workflows, driving innovation in energy efficiency and clean technology.
Solution
NREL selected the VAST AI OS to support its campaign storage initiative. The all-flash architecture provides unified NFS, object, and container storage connected across multiple supercomputing clusters over high-speed networks.
Results
VAST eliminated data access bottlenecks for AI and machine learning workloads, providing uniform high-speed read capabilities. The platform reduced data center energy consumption and improved overall uptime across NREL's computational infrastructure.
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