Dedicated Computing Resources

for Translational Research 

Leading edge innovations require innovative technology stacks

Secure, Scalable Cloud Computing for IRB-Approved Research

Research IT offers a private, UW-managed cloud environment purpose-built for handling protected health information (PHI) in research. Our infrastructure is optimized for advanced analytics, data science, and machine learning — all within the security and compliance standards of UW Medicine.

Whether you need high-capacity storage, robust processing power, or access to cutting-edge GPUs for AI models, our cloud services are designed to meet the demands of modern research.

Cloud Infrastructure Highlights

Key Features:

Datacenter-Class GPU: NVIDIA L40 — ideal for deep learning, LLMs, and computer vision

Scalable Spark Cluster: Access hundreds of vCPUs for distributed data processing

High-Availability VMs: VMware vSphere with Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Flexible Storage: SSD, object storage, large-scale data capacity

Physically Secured: Hosted in a UW-managed data center with institutional controls

Keeping up with the fast pace of data science takes a team!

Services We Offer

Custom System Design & Engineering

Every research project is unique. Our team helps design the right hosting or compute solution to align with your study goals. Whether you’re building a standalone server or a dynamic data science environment with GPU acceleration, we’ll ensure your infrastructure supports both performance and compliance.

Application Hosting & Lifecycle Management

We provide full-service hosting for research applications, offering:

High uptime via VMware-based high-availability clusters

Proactive maintenance and OS-level patching

Built-in alignment with UW Medicine’s security vulnerability program

Ongoing technical support and system optimization

Rates

The UW has Internal and External billing rates based on the Institution supported and their organizations status and funding source of the project. 

Internal UW Rate

With UW Worktags

$150

External Rate

No UW Budget Number

$200

Industry Rate

Internal With Industry

$270

We invoice in the first week of the month for work done in the previous month. This amount will be automatically deducted from the supplied worktag. The billing contact you supply before beginning a consultation will get an invoice (from UW Central Billing) at that time, but generally doesn't have to do a thing.