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.

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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

TACC VPN Maintenance Wednesday July 2

The TACC VPN infrastructure will not be available from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM (CDT) on Wednesday, July 2nd for maintenance. The GlobalProtect client will be upgraded at this time.

Maintenance Complete

Maintenance has been completed. All systems and services have been restored to full production.Users may now use their /work directories again.

Stampede3 Status Tuesday 17 June 2025

Stampede3 is open for operations with the exception that the $WORK filesystem is not mounted. For more information, see the following:https://tacc.utexas.edu/news/user-updates/107580/

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Training & Events

TACC Institute - Machine Learning

Join us for a week-long in-person deep dive into machine learning: fundamentals to advanced techniques, hands-on supercomputer training—designed for researchers.

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TACCSTER: TACC Symposium for Texas Researchers

Annual meeting of scientists, engineers, scholars, and students from across the state of Texas who use, and would like to use, the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) to advance their research goals.

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Byte Size Basics

A collection of easily digestible discussions on a variety of training topics.