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Reported geography
Source-reported location for Vermont Advanced Computing Center (VACC), University of Vermont.
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- University of Vermont
- Address and locality
- South Burlington · Chittenden County · Vermont
- Official metro area
- Burlington-South Burlington, VT
- Source-reported status
- operational
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Not stated
- Source freshness
- 11 October 2026
- Location precision
- approximate
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- reported (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-002009
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Not established
- AI-use label (provider)
- mixed use
Provider notes
Energy. UVM says the VACC runs on Vermont's grid, which it calls among the least carbon-intensive in the country. No MW or kW capacity is published.
Water. UVM: 'Our data center does not use evaporative cooling.' Outside air cools it for much of the year. Chillers that use a low-GWP refrigerant provide mechanical cooling when it is needed.
What the source record says
UVM's on-campus research HPC data center. The university built it about 20 years ago with redundant power, cooling and networking. UVM places it 'in the sprawling South Burlington technology park'. Clusters: BlueMoon (88 CPU nodes, 12,584 cores), DataMountain, a Secure Cluster, and IceCore, an AI-focused GPU cluster with 104 NVIDIA H200 and 48 RTX Pro 6000 GPUs, funded by a $2.1M NSF grant in 2025. The exact building is not published. The coordinates are PeeringDB's point for 530 Community Drive in the same technology park, a representative point only. No MW capacity is published.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2003 · source-reported operational
VACC established in 2003 with NASA and NSF support. The IceCore AI cluster's first phase came online in fall 2025.
Sources and attribution
- IceCore advances a new era of discovery at UVM (Dec 10, 2025) · University of Vermont CEMS
- VACC cluster specifications · University of Vermont
- VACC: Artificial intelligence workloads (cooling and power) · University of Vermont
- VACC mission and history · University of Vermont
- PeeringDB: Lightboard Vermont, 530 Community Drive (lists VACC as a connected facility) · PeeringDB
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1+reviewed-2610e0556b3d, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID uvm-vacc-south-burlington-vt. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
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Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-002009
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
- AI-use label (provider): mixed use
Compute Atlas classification, not a DataCenterData finding.
Location and precision
- South Burlington, VT · Chittenden (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: University of Vermont
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported operational
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Status history: 2003 · source-reported operational
Status history supplied by the source.
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Not stated
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
- Power source: Grid
Provider label.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Not established
The provider reports water information but no cooling type.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-10-11
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Area, acreage and buildings · Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact · Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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