An outstanding example of the benefits of collaboration, the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center is a groundbreaking joint venture funded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, private industry (including Cisco Systems), and five of the state's most research-intensive universities: Boston University, Harvard, MIT, Northeastern, and University of Massachusetts.

Located in Holyoke, MA, this large research computing data center houses the most technologically advanced high performance computing hardware and is used primarily by the member institutions for purposes consistent with their individual educational and research missions. The member institutions are also able to conduct collaborative research and studies in ways not otherwise possible in their separate existing facilities. For MIT, this opens up a host of new possibilities for innovative partnerships in the pursuit of scientific discoveries.

The Center has achieved LEED Platinum certification.