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The Texas Advanced Computing Center at The University of Texas at Austin is the nation’s leading academic supercomputing center. Since 2001, TACC has advanced discoveries across scientific disciplines by providing world-class systems, software, and expertise to researchers addressing society’s greatest challenges. TACC offers high performance computing, AI at scale, storage, visualization, training, and workforce development, fostering innovation that transforms science and improves lives. As home to the U.S. National Science Foundation Leadership-Class Computing Facility, TACC will drive the next decade of breakthroughs in computational research and discovery. For more information, visit www.tacc.utexas.edu.

What We Offer

TACC provides advanced computing resources, expertise, user support, and training that enable scientific discovery, engineering innovation, and societal impact. Through a range of initiatives, TACC equips researchers with world-class supercomputers and empowers educators, students, and community members to harness the power of computing in their work and lives.

Key Statistics & Facts

June 2001 TACC launched at the University of Texas at Austin

• 125,000 researchers who have used TACC systems over the past two decades
• 10,000 researchers who use TACC systems on an annual basis
• 3,000+ research projects supported annually
• 450+ institutions nationwide
• 200 full-time staff

TACC’s advanced computing contributions to at least three Nobel Prizes:

• In 2024, TACC’s supercomputers powered large-scale computational protein prediction and design research that formed part of the foundation for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Using advanced algorithms and deep learning models, researchers simulated and predicted complex protein structures with unprecedented accuracy, accelerating discoveries in biology, medicine, and materials science. (Source)
• In 2017, TACC’s supercomputers played a role in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) project by helping scientists process and analyze massive volumes of observational data. These computations enabled researchers to confirm the detection of gravitational waves resulting from the collision of two neutron stars, which led to the Nobel Prize in Physics. (Source)
• In 2013, TACC supercomputers supported high-energy physics research that helped confirm the Higgs boson — the fundamental particle predicted by theory to explain the origin of mass in subatomic particles — through the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, work that led to the Nobel Prize in Physics. (Source)