MSI By the Numbers (as of June 2025)
As of June 2025, below includes a variety of facts and information about MSI, our users, and our systems.
MSI
- 58 consulting, operations, and development staff members
- 466 views of our Spring semester "Introduction to MSI" tutorial YouTube video (see latest ones on MSI's YouTube channel)
Research Groups
- 1,041 Primary Investigator (PI) Groups from:
- All five University of Minnesota campuses: Twin Cities, Duluth, Morris, Crookston, Rochester
- Several Minnesota colleges and universities: Macalester, St. Thomas, Winona State, Minnesota State University - Mankato, Bemidji State, Gustavus, Carleton, Hamline, Metro State
- Public and private organizations in Minnesota
- 122 departments represented by PIs
- 5,409 researchers (users and PIs in PI Groups)
- Over 950 unique researchers submitting jobs each week
- $576.3M new research funding awards by MSI researchers in FY25
- 47% of total University of Minnesota awards
- Largest amount of funding is from researchers affiliated with the Medical School, followed by the College of Science and Engineering
- Largest source of external funding is the National Institutes of Health, followed by partnerships and grants from business and industry
Computing
| General Use | Compliant | Local Cloud | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Agate | Blackwell | Stratus → Sky |
| CPU Cores | 84,328 | 3,584 | 1,024 |
| GPUs | 448 | 32 | 4 |
| Memory | 517 TB | 19 TB | 7 TB |
- Over 870 software packages, comprising over 2,800 releases
- Each node has 128 cores, dual socket
Storage
- Over 12 petabytes primary on solid state disk (flash)
- Over 20 petabytes secondary hard disk drives
Environments
Four environments to serve Minnesota researchers
| Classic environments | Unique environments |
|---|---|
| Interactive on Agate | Local cloud on Sky |
| Batch on Agate | Compliant on Blackwell |