Cisco Expands National Research Platform Infrastructure with AI PODs
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Updated Sep 22
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What happened
Internet2 is expanding its contributions to the National Research Platform (NRP) through a strategic relationship with Cisco. New AI PODs are being deployed at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Sacramento State. These pods add GPU capacity that researchers across the platform can utilize when local resources are insufficient.
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Why it matters
The expansion introduces a standardized and repeatable model for adding resources to the NRP. This growing shared capacity is being used by thousands of researchers and students across the country.
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Who's involved
- CiscoProvides AI PODs to expand the distributed infrastructure of the National Research Platform.
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The entities involved
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