Oak Ridge National Laboratory Frontier (supercomputer)

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Frontier (supercomputer) is a data center operated by Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Lenoir City, Tennessee, US. The facility is currently operational.

Status
Operational
Market
Lenoir City
State
Tennessee
Country
US

Source: OpenStreetMap · Verified against OpenStreetMap · Basis: cited (what this means)

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Market context

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Frontier (supercomputer) is one of 7 facilities DC Hub’s Knoxville brief counts on the TVA grid. The closest tracked facility is LCUB Data Center, about 11 km away, and the nearest mapped substation is within 1 km. Read the Knoxville market brief →

Location

Area Lenoir City, Tennessee, US

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

LocationLenoir City, US
Nearest substationwithin 1 km

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 21 operating generating units totalling 4,942 MW within about 50 km of Lenoir City, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Nuclear2,428 MW · 2 units · 49%
Coal1,700 MW · 9 units · 34%
Hydropower738 MW · 6 units · 15%
Oil/Gas66 MW · 1 unit · 1%
Utility-Scale Solar10 MW · 3 units · 0%

Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.

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Data: DC Hub global infrastructure database · Raw JSON
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