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\u201cThe future is right here in front of us and Texas Tech is building it,\u201d Chancellor Creighton said.(KCBD Video)<\/p>\nLUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – Chancellor Brandon Creighton says the Texas Tech University System is investing $25 million in Nvidia\u2019s next-generation computing infrastructure.<\/p>\n
The partnership will bring an AI platform to the Lubbock campus aimed at fueling research and supporting the future economy.<\/p>\n
But Creighton said the system is still in the beginning phases of the partnership.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe future is right here in front of us and Texas Tech is building it,\u201d Creighton said.<\/p>\n
Nvidia Blackwell hardware at the center of the deal<\/p>\n
\u201cThe future is right here in front of us and Texas Tech is building it,\u201d Chancellor Creighton said.(KCBD Video)<\/p>\n
The investment centers on Nvidia\u2019s Blackwell Ultra B300 hardware \u2014 a chip designed to power supercomputers. Texas Tech is currently narrowing down a location for what\u2019s described as an \u201cAI factory\u201d on its main campus.<\/p>\n
Creighton said artificial intelligence connects to every area of academic programming the system offers.<\/p>\n
\u201cArtificial intelligence and the future of higher education, how it affects the workforce, it ties into every interdisciplinary mode of education that we offer,\u201d Creighton said.<\/p>\n
Workforce and economic impact<\/p>\n
Creighton said rapid AI innovation is leaving parts of the current workforce behind, and that Texas Tech is working to integrate AI into the structure of its academic programs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s one thing that\u2019s for sure, it is that higher education is changing and evolving quickly, and so is the workforce,\u201d Creighton said.<\/p>\n
Once the new technology is installed, Creighton said he expects the development to draw companies to Lubbock.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe synergy that is offered from that and how it will affect our local economies, the opportunities in education, the tax base, and just the way that the workforce will see our part of the state as very, very attractive for bringing their families and calling Lubbock home,\u201d Creighton said.<\/p>\n
National defense and regional energy applications<\/p>\n
Creighton said the infrastructure will allow Texas Tech to expand research in healthcare, agriculture, energy, finance and cybersecurity.<\/p>\n
He highlighted specifically how this technology will help the University System expand its existing work in cybersecurity and national defense.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe cloud that will come with this Nvidia hardware and infrastructure alone is not only secure, the size of the cloud and the opportunities within it exceed what many foreign governments currently have,\u201d Creighton said.<\/p>\n
Creighton said the technology could also produce efficiencies in energy modeling with implications for the Texas power grid.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese fast computation chips, they could very well, in modeling, find efficiencies that save us billions of dollars in the Texas grid,\u201d Creighton said.<\/p>\n
Texas Tech is one of the first universities to secure use of Nvidia\u2019s new technology. The next step will be for Texas Tech leaders and NVIDIA officials to identify a location for the supercomputer on its Lubbock campus.<\/p>\n
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