Princeton University High-Performance Computing Research Center (Forrestal Campus)

Facility record

Lifecycle

OperationalSource-reported lifecycle

Location precision

exact

Address as listed

151 Forrestal Road

Coordinates

40.3461201, -74.6160723

Serving utility, source-reported

Not established

Operational capacity, source-reported

Not published

Planned capacity, source-reported

Not published

Source record updated

2026-10-26

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

1. 2010-01Proposed

   Princeton announced a new HPC data center on university-owned land on the Forrestal Campus, scheduled to be operational in 2011.

   Underlying source
2. 2011Operational

   The facility was scheduled to open in 2011 and is in service. Princeton Alumni Weekly reported in April 2024 that the university's new 300-GPU Nvidia H100 cluster is housed there.

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Source notes

A university research-computing data center. Gensler gives 47,000 sq ft in total, including a 12,000 sq ft data center, with Tier II space for administrative services and Tier I for HPC. DCK (2010) described it as 40,000 sq ft over two stories with a possible second phase. It houses general research systems (for example galaxy-formation modeling) and, since 2024, a 300-GPU Nvidia H100 cluster used for Princeton Language and Intelligence (PLI) AI research. That mix is why the record's AI classification is mixed-use. No MW figure is published. Coordinates are the OSM building footprint named 'High Performance Computing Research Center'.

Gensler: a gas-powered backup generator with co-generation recovers waste heat for chilled water.

Sources and provenance

• Princeton U. to Build New HPC Data Center · source retrieved 2026-10-09
• High-Performance Research Computing Center at Princeton University · source retrieved 2026-10-09
• Research Photo: Advancing AI · source retrieved 2026-10-09
• OpenStreetMap way 239801861: High Performance Computing Research Center, 151 Forrestal Road · source retrieved 2026-10-09
• Princeton University Opens New Energy-Efficient HPC Research Center · source retrieved 2026-10-26

Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.