Public supercomputers you can get time on
3 public programmes allocate supercomputer time at no charge to successful applicants: EuroHPC JU access, LUMI (CSC), NSF ACCESS. LUMI also sells company time through CSC at a published list price. Each row shows the hardware, the fabric and how access is granted.
| GPUs / accelerators | Pricing model | Regions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EuroHPC JU access | — | — | Free of charge through competitive access calls | LUMI, Leonardo, MareNostrum 5, JUPITER, MeluXina, Discoverer, Deucalion, Arrhenius | 2026-11-11 |
| LUMI (CSC) | Slingshot | LUMI-G: AMD Instinct MI250X (a GPU-hour is a full MI250X module, 2 GCDs) | CSC company price list excl. VAT: EUR 0.535 per GPU-hour, EUR 0.57 per CPU node-hour, EUR 1,000 one-time project setup. Free AI SME access through AI Factories calls | — | 2026-11-11 |
| NSF ACCESS | Slingshot | Delta: NVIDIA A100 (40 GB), A40, H200 (141 GB); AMD MI100 | Free for researchers and educators; entry-level allocation needs only a project description | Delta at NCSA, Illinois | 2026-11-11 |