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Initiative aims to address lack of AI infrastructure access in some parts of the US
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced a $100 million initiative dubbed the ‘NSF State and Regional Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Hubs’ to support AI-enabled scientific research and discovery efforts.
By establishing the Hubs, NSF said it hopes to address the uneven access to AI infrastructure that persists across the US and implement recommendations from a report published by White House Office of Science and Technology policy director Michael Kratsios in July 2026.
In the report, Kratsios outlined obstacles currently faced by researchers in the US and provided a number of recommendations focused on four main pillars.
According to an NSF document outlining the program, each AI Infrastructure Hub will be established as a “flexible state or regional consortium of state and local governments, research institutions, philanthropies, and the private sector.”
NSF will fund each Hub’s consortium coordination, AI infrastructure workforce development, and faculty training and coursework development, while the consortia will be responsible for funding new or expanded compute infrastructure.
Up to ten Hubs will initially be supported by NSF, with one award made per state or region. Hubs will be able to pool resources across states and institutions of different sizes, and also work with regional industrial partners to support the needs of both the scientific and local workforces.
“Artificial intelligence is transforming how we conduct research, accelerate scientific discovery and address complex challenges across disciplines,” said Brian Stone, performing the duties of the NSF director.
“The State and Regional AI Infrastructure Hubs program supports a national mission to advance AI for science by expanding access to critical AI resources, strengthening state and regional ecosystems, and developing the workforce capabilities needed to harness these technologies. Through this effort, we can empower researchers, students, and communities to advance AI-enabled science and drive the next generation of scientific breakthroughs.”
NSF said that it is actively seeking partners to support the AI Infrastructure Hubs initiative, noting that a number of private-sector and philanthropic organizations have already signaled their intent to support the program. This includes Nvidia, AMD, Intel, Dell Technologies, Hangar, and the Secunda Innovation Fund.
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