NVIDIA joins NSF AI infrastructure hubs program

NVIDIA has announced that it is participating in the U.S. National Science Foundation’s State and Regional Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Hubs program to expand AI computing access for research and education.

• The program will support state and multistate consortia of colleges and universities with shared AI infrastructure, software, educational resources and technical support; approaches may include on-premises infrastructure, cloud computing or both.
• NVIDIA cites its 2020 partnership with the University of Florida as a model and says it also contributed to the NSF-led NAIRR pilot; the article references UF’s growth to 300+ AI-focused faculty and more than $511 million in AI research awards since 2017.