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NSF launches the National AI Research Resource pilot with 10 agencies and 25 partners

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Source: U.S. National Science FoundationAlso reported by NSF (NAIRR Operations Center funding)

The US National Science Foundation launched the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot on 24 January 2024 with 10 other federal agencies and 25 private, non-profit and philanthropic partners. It gives US-based researchers and educators access to computing, datasets, models, software, training and user support, as directed by Executive Order 14110.

Why it matters

US researchers and educators without large compute budgets could apply for federal and donated computing, models and data; in September 2025 NSF sought proposals for a permanent NAIRR operations centre.

When
24 Jan 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0020
Who
National Science Foundation

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from U.S. National Science Foundation and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at U.S. National Science Foundation

Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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Data to measure this

Compare the years before 2024 with the years since in these series. National sources for United States come first.

  • Epoch AI: frontier AI data centresEpoch AISite-level timelines of IT power, compute (H100-equivalents) and capital cost for large AI data centres.live · download · CSV
  • IEA Energy and AI dataInternational Energy AgencyWorld and regional data-centre capacity, power usage effectiveness, load factor and electricity use.download · XLSX
  • Epoch AI: GPU clusters (archived)Epoch AIMore than 500 GPU clusters and AI supercomputers with country, owner, performance, power and cost.Years: 2019-2025 · one-off · download · CSV · Covers before and after
  • Federal Agency AI Use Case Inventory 2025OMB Office of the Federal CIOAI use cases reported by US federal agencies, with development stage and high-impact flags.Years: 2025 · annual · download · CSV, XLSX · Starts at or after this date

All data for United States

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WTA-N-2024-0020: “NSF launches the National AI Research Resource pilot with 10 agencies and 25 partners.” wheresthe.ai, 24 Jan 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/us-nsf-nairr-pilot-launch-2024-01/ (source: U.S. National Science Foundation).

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