LUBBOCK, TX (TTU) – The Texas Tech University System (TTU System) today announced a transformative partnership with NVIDIA to deploy next-generation accelerated computing infrastructure, positioning Texas Tech University at the forefront of artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, and advanced research.
“Texas Tech University is positioning itself and the state of Texas as leaders in the AI race by being one of the first universities to purchase the NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 – a system purpose built for large scale AI training and inference,” said Chris Malachowsky, co-founder of NVIDIA. “This investment in AI infrastructure, powered by the NVIDIA accelerated computing platform, drives economic growth, fuels research and workforce development, and strengthens America’s industrial ecosystem to compete globally.”
By moving directly to the NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra (B300) platform—bypassing current-market H100 and B200 hardware—Texas Tech has leapfrogged all other universities and secured one of the most advanced supercomputing architectures not just in higher education, but across all industries…