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title: "Partner cyberinfrastructure"
description: "National and regional platforms CARC users can reach: ACCESS-CI, Jetstream2, CyVerse, and MESA."
type: Reference
tags:
  - About
  - Partners
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  at: "2026-08-29T00:00:00Z"
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  - id: carc-web
    resource: "https://carc.unm.edu/index.html"
    title: "CARC website (carc.unm.edu)"
    author: "team:unm-carc"
---

# Partner cyberinfrastructure

CARC connects UNM researchers to national cyberinfrastructure. When your
research outgrows campus resources — or needs capabilities we don't host —
these platforms are the next step, and CARC staff can help you get started on
any of them.

<div class="grid cards" markdown>

-   :material-transit-connection-variant:{ .lg .middle } __ACCESS-CI__

    ---

    The NSF's Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: one
    allocation system for national supercomputers, clouds, and storage.
    Start with an easy Explore allocation and scale up.

    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: access-ci.org](https://access-ci.org){ target=_blank }

-   :material-cloud:{ .lg .middle } __Jetstream2__

    ---

    NSF-funded, always-on cloud computing for research and education, led by
    Indiana University. Virtual machines, GPUs, Kubernetes, and science
    gateways through ACCESS allocations.

    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: docs.jetstream-cloud.org](https://docs.jetstream-cloud.org){ target=_blank }

-   :material-dna:{ .lg .middle } __CyVerse__

    ---

    Open science workspace for data-driven discovery: the Data Store (iRODS),
    Discovery Environment apps, and cloud-native analyses, operated by the
    University of Arizona and TACC.

    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: cyverse.org](https://cyverse.org){ target=_blank }

-   :material-robot:{ .lg .middle } __MESA__

    ---

    An NSF NAIRR research-infrastructure project building an open platform
    where scientific data are automatically described, organized, and
    connected by metadata-aware AI agents.

    [:octicons-arrow-right-24: idss-mesa.github.io](https://idss-mesa.github.io){ target=_blank }

</div>

## How CARC fits in

CARC operates UNM's on-premises HPC clusters and storage
([systems overview](../systems/overview.md)) and is expanding into
on-premises cloud (OpenStack), container orchestration (Kubernetes), and
data management (iRODS) services that interoperate with these national
platforms. If you are unsure which platform fits your project, come to
[office hours](../support/help.md) and we'll map it out together.