DENVER (CN) — A leading climate research center in Boulder, Colorado asked a federal judge on Thursday to block the federal government from transferring control of the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center to the University of Wyoming.
“The timeline here from pursue transfer to final decision was eight days,” argued attorney Michael Purpura, who represents the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. “Breakneck speed.”
UCAR manages NCAR, the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, and sued the National Science Foundation on March 16 to block cuts to funding and a plan to transfer stewardship of the supercomputer from UCAR to the University of Wyoming in Laramie…