University of Texas: El Paso Research Data Center

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University of Texas: El Paso Research Data Center

Year Built: 2013
Utility Provider: El Paso Electric
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The University of Texas at El Paso runs its Research and Academic Data Center in a third-floor skybridge between the Classroom and Engineering buildings. It houses the university's high-performance computing cluster and research cloud, with UPS backup, precision cooling and CO2 fire suppression. The university moved the data center from the basement of Union West in 2013.

Site History

  • 2017: The Computer Science department moves its cluster into the data center.
  • 2013: UTEP moves its research data center from Union West to the skybridge.

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500 W University Ave ( Room C313 )
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1.05 miles Lumen El Paso 2
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1.09 miles Lumen El Paso 1
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1.13 miles Flō Networks El Paso
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1.27 miles Huntleigh: Stanton Data Center
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1.29 miles AT&T: El Paso Main
AT&T runs a telephone exchange at 500 Texas Ave in El Paso, Texas.
3.17 miles AT&T: El Paso East
AT&T runs a telephone exchange at 3101 Aurora Ave in El Paso, Texas.
3.51 miles Cogent: El Paso
Cogent runs a small carrier data center in a former Sprint network building north of downtown El Paso, Texas.
4.50 miles Lumen El Paso 3
Lumen runs a long-haul network site in the Sunland Business Center in northwest El Paso, Texas.
4.60 miles Verizon: 4045 Doniphan Park
Verizon runs a long-haul network site, built for MCI, in the Sunland Business Center in northwest El Paso, Texas.
5.20 miles AT&T: El Paso Southeast
AT&T runs a telephone exchange at 6045 Griems Ct in El Paso, Texas.
6.05 miles Verizon Wireless: El Paso MSC
Verizon Wireless runs a mobile switching center on Osborne Drive in northwest El Paso, Texas.
6.21 miles AT&T: El Paso North
AT&T runs a telephone exchange at 100 W Sunset Rd in El Paso, Texas.
6.66 miles Spectrum: El Paso Headend
Charter's Spectrum runs its El Paso cable headend in the Butterfield Trail industrial park near El Paso International Airport, Texas.
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7.15 miles T-Mobile: El Paso MSC
T-Mobile runs a mobile switching center in the Butterfield Trail industrial park near El Paso International Airport.
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8.46 miles AT&T: El Paso Northeast
AT&T runs a telephone exchange at 5001 Hondo Pass Dr in El Paso, Texas.
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9.32 miles AT&T: El Paso Hacienda
AT&T runs a telephone exchange at 7945 Parral Dr in El Paso, Texas.
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11.13 miles Flō Networks El Paso 2
Flō Networks runs a network site on Kastrin Street in the West Pendale industrial area of east El Paso, Texas.
11.46 miles MDC El Paso
MDC El Paso is a carrier-focused colocation facility in east El Paso, Texas, that hosts the MEX-IX El Paso internet exchange.
11.58 miles AT&T: Canutillo
AT&T runs a telephone exchange at 191 La Mesa St in Canutillo, Texas.
12.47 miles AT&T: El Paso McCombs
AT&T runs a telephone exchange at 5845 Sean Haggerty Dr in El Paso, Texas.
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14.06 miles AT&T: El Paso Sandhills
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15.55 miles Carlyle: Fort Bliss
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19.61 miles AT&T: Horizon City
AT&T runs a telephone exchange at 14361 McMahon Ave in Horizon City, Texas.

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University of Texas Austin-The mission of The University of Texas at Austin is to achieve excellence in the interrelated areas of undergraduate education, graduate education, research and public service. The university provides superior and comprehensive educational opportunities at the baccalaureate through doctoral and special professional educational levels.

The university contributes to the advancement of society through research, creative activity, scholarly inquiry and the development of new knowledge. The university preserves and promotes the arts, benefits the state’s economy, serves the citizens through public programs and provides other public service.

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