The Energy Department’s Oak Ridge National Lab launched an institute to optimize data centers, and the Pacific Northwest National Lab issued an RFI to inform future buildouts.

The agency seeks information on how the consortium can fuel “self-improving” models that pull in scientific data from national laboratories and provide access to other partners.

Public-private partnerships with AMD and HPE will bring the machines to the national lab in Tennessee, including one in early 2026 built at “record speeds.”

The RFP opens the door for companies to enter into long-term leases on the national lab’s land for data centers and energy generation infrastructure.

Tech leaders at Lawrence Livermore and Oak Ridge detail how their facilities are embracing AI — while being realists about the technology’s limitations.

Tackling the White House’s executive order to topple data silos comes as agency tech teams work to address quick technical fixes gone wrong.

The model trained on 40 years of data could be used to create more targeted forecasts and predict severe storms, IBM said Monday.

Jennifer Gaudioso of Sandia’s Center for Computing Research touted the work Department of Energy labs have done to support AI advances.

At times, wildlife have gotten into infrastructure used to provide power to the supercomputers at the Oak Ridge National Lab.

Stephen Streiffer will be the next director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.