NREL Powers AI & Energy Research with VAST
NREL unifies HPC and AI workloads while maximizing data center energy efficiency.
Industry
Government
Use Case
Artificial Intelligence
High Performance Computing (HPC)
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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