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New NSF State and Regional AI Infrastructure Hubs will power AI-enabled scientific research across the country

The National Science Foundation is launching new State and Regional AI Infrastructure Hubs to expand compute access for researchers, students and educators through regional partnerships spanning government, academia, industry and philanthropy.

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1 min readPublished Aug 15, 2026

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NSF frames the initiative as widening who can access AI compute resources -- researchers, students and educators together -- rather than concentrating it at a small number of institutions.

NSF is launching new State and Regional AI Infrastructure Hubs. The initiative aims to expand compute access for researchers, students and educators. It relies on regional partnerships among state and local governments, academic institutions, industry, and philanthropy.

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