NETL Morgantown computing center (Joule)
The federal energy lab runs its Joule supercomputer and data centers in Morgantown and is building a center to consolidate them. Also known as: NETL Computational Science & Engineering Center.
Who is behind it
The record, newest first
Energy Secretary Chris Wright viewed construction progress on the center during a visit to the Morgantown campus. (National Energy Technology Laboratory, July 10, 2025)
NETL said the 14,000-square-foot center, with a server hall for current and future Joule systems and enterprise computing, was under construction and would let it retire less efficient data center space on the campus. (National Energy Technology Laboratory, May 22, 2025)
NETL listed its 3.275-petaflop Joule 2.0 supercomputer at the Morgantown site. (National Energy Technology Laboratory, Aug. 2024)
Federal funding was announced to upgrade NETL's sites, including a new computational science center in Morgantown to expand supercomputing. (WV MetroNews, April 8, 2023)
Conflicts and open questions
- Federal lab computing center; treated as operating because NETL says data centers operate on the Morgantown campus. sqft is the new center's size. Completion date not found as of 2026-10-26.
The full record
- Status note
- NETL's Joule supercomputer and other data centers operate on the Morgantown campus; a 14,000-square-foot Computational Science & Engineering Center that will consolidate them was under construction in 2025.
- Evidence
- Primary public records
- Size class
- Under 50 MW (outside main scope; kept for completeness)