Alabama Supercomputer Center
Alabama Supercomputer Authority · Huntsville, AL · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- OperationalSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- exact
- Address as listed
- 686 Discovery Drive NW
- Coordinates
- 34.73652, -86.6731271
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Not established
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Source record updated
- 2026-09-15
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
- Operational
The building was completed in October 1987 with the installation of the first supercomputer, a Cray X-MP; ten supercomputers have since been installed, most recently ASA-X in October 2023.
Underlying source
Source notes
State-funded research computing facility in Cummings Research Park, operated by the Alabama Supercomputer Authority (a state corporation founded in 1989) alongside the Alabama Research and Education Network. The building spans nearly 24,000 square feet and houses the authority's Security Operations Center, Network Operations Center, Data Recovery Center, data center and operations offices. ASA's business office is at 445 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery - the same street address as the separately tracked RSA Dexter Avenue Datacenter, which is a different facility. Power and cooling capacity are not published. Single-source record: the operator's own facility page. Coordinate is the OpenStreetMap feature at the stated address.
Sources and provenance
- Alabama Supercomputer Center · source retrieved 2026-09-15
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.