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OLCF and NCCS Monthly Snapshot

A digest of features from the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility and National Center for Computational Sciences and their coverage in the news

November 2025

Highlights and News

ORNL, NVIDIA, HPE Advance Quantum Computing, AI, and HPC for Science

OLCF’s Bronson Messer Named APS Fellow

Frontier Supercomputer Simulates Next-Generation Transistors at Exascale

Largest-Ever Universe Simulation Up for Supercomputing’s Highest Prize

Training on Frontier Delivers Faster, More Precise AI Weather Forecasts

Frontier Simulations Spin Up New Details for Quantum Understanding

Additional Coverage

Reuters: Exclusive: US Department of Energy forms $1 billion supercomputer and AI partnership with AMD | Reuters

MSN: Exclusive-US Department of Energy forms $1 billion supercomputer and AI partnership with AMD

Fox Business (Video): Energy Secretary Wright touts $1B AMD, DOE supercomputer deal: ‘This will be a revolution’ | Fox Business Video

Fox Busiess (Video): Department of Energy, AMD teaming up to build two AI supercomputers to boost US scientific leadership

Axios newsletter: Axios Future of Energy

CNBC: AMD U.S. Department of Energy partnership

CBS: U.S. partners with AMD in $1B deal to boost supercomputers for research, national security

Forbes: Here Are The Billion-Dollar AI Deals Fueling A New Industry—And Possibly A Bubble (List)

insideHPC: HPE to Build Next-Gen Exascale and AI Supercomputers for Oak Ridge | Inside HPC & AI News

The Register: HPE to build Discovery exascale successor for Oak Ridge

Data Center Dynamics: HPE unveils GX5000 supercomputing platform, will build two new AMD-based supercomputers for ORNL – DCD

Business Insider: AMD Powers U.S. Sovereign AI Factory Supercomputers, Accelerating an Open American AI Stack | Markets Insider

The Next Platform: Oak Ridge “Discovery” Supercomputer Spearheads New HPE Cray GX5000 Design

Bloomberg: AMD’s AI Chips to Power Supercomputers at Energy Department Lab – Bloomberg

Washington Examiner (video): Trump administration signing $1 billion supercomputer deal

Washington Examiner: Trump administration signing $1 billion supercomputer deal to advance nuclear power and cancer research

Fedscoop: Energy reveals plans for two new AI supercomputers at Oak Ridge | FedScoop

WATE: New AI supercomputers coming to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Dept. of Energy announces | WATE 6 On Your Side

E&E News: DOE inks $1B supercomputer deal to shape energy sector – E&E News by POLITICO

Business World: AMD To Power Two US Supercomputers Supporting Sovereign AI Infra, Scientific Research – BW Businessworld

Scientific Computing World: ORNL plans two new supercomputers that will accelerate AI-driven research | Scientific Computing World

Knoxville News Sentinel: $1B lands Oak Ridge not one, but two supercomputers. First was Discovery now, meet Lux

Chattanooga Times Free Press: Oak Ridge National Laboratory to host two new AI supercomputers