Enabling Discoveries That Advance Science and Society Through Advanced Computing Technologies

The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) designs and operates some of the world's most powerful computing resources.

Getting Started
Tour in TACC's Machine Room

Create an Account

Fill out the account request form on the TACC Account Management Portal and it will be reviewed by our User Services team.

Faculty, professional research staff, and postdoctoral researchers may request Principle Investigator (PI) eligibility for their account. PIs are responsible for requesting system allocations and managing their team.

Graduate and undergraduate students can create an account, but must be added to allocations by PIs to use the systems.

Create Account

Request an Allocation

To access a system, you must request through an allocation opportunity.

Browse the System List, Allocations, and Software List to help determine what system and allocation fits your research.

If you are a PI, log into your account and request an allocation on the system that fits your research needs.

Allocations

System Status

Documentation

TACC's documentation provides a detailed and comprehensive resource for our high-performance computing systems. Find information on hardware, software, tutorials, and best practices. Discover how TACC can help advance your research and computational goals.

TACC Documentation

User Updates

Vista Maintenance 12 February 2026

Vista will not be available from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM CST on Thursday, February 12, 2026. System maintenance will be performed during this time. 

Stampede3 Maintenance January 2026

Stampede3 will not be available from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM (CST) on Tuesday, January 27th , 2026. System maintenance will be performed during this time.

TACC VPN Maintenance Thursday January 15

The TACC VPN infrastructure will be taken down for maintenance from 7PM to 9PM on Thursday, January 15th. VPN maintenance will be performed during this time.

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Training & Events

NHERI Computational Symposium

The fourth annual NHERI Computational Symposium is brought to you by NHERI SimCenter in collaboration with RAPID and DesignSafe.

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TACC Training Basics

A collection of brief step-by-step videos on a variety of training topics.