South Pole Telescope — on-ice computing cluster South Pole Telescope Collaboration · research compute · operating — Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, Geographic South Pole · Amundsen–Scott Station, Antarctica
Operator South Pole Telescope Collaboration Owner National Science Foundation (host station) · collaborating universities Status operating Type research compute Location Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, Geographic South Pole · Amundsen–Scott Station, Antarctica Address South Pole Telescope computing infrastructure, South Pole Station Tenants SPT millimeter/submillimeter cosmology observations Power source Amundsen–Scott station power (islanded) Purpose On-ice processing for SPT (public reporting: ~100-core scale cluster) Coordinates -89.9910, -44.0000 (city-level) As of 2026-07-18 DCD 2022 reports SPT generates ~1.5 TB/day and maintains a ~100-core scale on-ice computing cluster. Connectivity is satellite-constrained (TDRS / Skynet / DSCS windows). Core count is operational scale, not HPL TOP500. No MW disclosed.
Source: Data Center Dynamics (citing SPT / NSF polar support context)
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