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IceCube Neutrino Observatory — South Pole computing / data center

IceCube Collaboration / Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) · research data center · operating — Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, Geographic South Pole · Amundsen–Scott Station, Antarctica

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Operator
IceCube Collaboration / Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC)
Owner
National Science Foundation (experiment host) · University of Wisconsin–Madison (WIPAC)
Status
operating
Type
research data center
Location
Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, Geographic South Pole · Amundsen–Scott Station, Antarctica
Address
IceCube Laboratory / South Pole Station computing spaces
Tenants
IceCube detector operations · on-ice preprocessing
Power source
Amundsen–Scott station power (islanded)
Purpose
On-ice data acquisition, limited preprocessing, and systems management for IceCube
Coordinates
-89.9900, 0.0000 (city-level)
As of
2026-07-18
Documented research data center at the South Pole. Historical public accounts describe on the order of ~150 servers (DCK / OSCON era) and later ~200-core scale clusters for preprocessing (DCD 2022 citing WIPAC). IceCube generates ~1 TB/day; ~100 GB/day leaves via satellite; bulk data flies out on hard drives annually. Not commercial capacity — no public MW. Coordinates are station-level.

Source: Data Center Knowledge · Data Center Dynamics · IceCube / WIPAC

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South Pole Telescope — on-ice computing cluster