Designed and created each year for the conference, SCinet is a global collaboration of high-performance networking experts who provide the fastest and most powerful volunteer-built network in the world for the SC Conference.
SCinet Live Operations
Sat–Fri, 14–20 Nov 2026
SCinet ChairDylan Jacob, Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
SCinet Vice ChairCorey Eichelberger, Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)
During the week of SC, SCinet becomes the most powerful and advanced network on Earth.
Since SC91, SCinet has provided SC attendees and the HPC community with the innovative network platform necessary to connect, transport, and display HPC research at SC from around the world. In addition to high-performance demos, SCinet supports wired and wireless connections for attendees to maintain connectivity to the rest of the world.
Volunteers from academia, government, and industry work together to design and deliver the SCinet infrastructure. Industry contributors donate millions of dollars in equipment and services needed to build and support the local and wide area networks.
Learn more about the SCinet teams that collaborate behind the scenes to build and operate the network.
(At SC25)
VOLUNTEERS
215 volunteers representing 129 organizations planned, built, and operated SCinet.
CONTRIBUTORS
46 contributors provided $70 million in state-of-the-art hardware, software, and services.
CAPACITY
13.72 terabits per second of wide area network capacity delivered on 30 connections.
MILES WALKED
Over 450 wireless APs, 145 edge switches, 12 miles of copper cable, 17 miles of fiber optic installed.
SCinet showcases cutting-edge technologies in network, hardware, protocols, information systems, software, and security – pushing the boundaries of networking technologies and innovations through workshops, demos, and collaborative opportunities.
A one-of-a-kind, multi-vendor installment, SCinet serves as the platform for exhibitors to demonstrate the advanced computing resources at their sites and elsewhere by supporting a wide variety of bandwidth-driven applications including supercomputing and cloud computing.
The SCinet booth, also known as the Network Operations Center (NOC), displays the latest commercial equipment used to run this high-performance network with tens of millions of dollars worth of equipment loaned or donated every year from vendors all over the world.
SCinet can’t be run without volunteers and contributors. Learn how your efforts or generosity can make a difference. SCinet needs you.
