The NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center will soon no longer be operated by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the National Science Foundation announced on Thursday. Management and operations of the supercomputing center will transition to an unnamed third-party operator, according to NSF. The agency said it will share more information as it becomes available. Boulder’s National Center for Atmospheric Research declined to comment, and NSF did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Related Articles National Science Foundation issues call for new ownership of Boulder’s NCAR Mesa Lab Colorado senators’ bid to save NCAR funding fails as U.S. Senate passes spending bills As President Trump targets Colorado, its Democrats — and some Republicans — struggle to play defense Gov. Jared Polis calls Tina Peters’ sentence ‘harsh,’ suggests he’s looking at potential commutation Polis’ and Boebert’s calm leadership in the face of a vengeful president is what Colorado needs (Editorial) The NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center, currently operated by NCAR in Cheyenne, Wyoming, supports and advances Earth system sciences by providing world-class computing environments, data services and research in computational science, according to its website. Each year, it provides its resources to more than 1,500 users at more than 500 universities and research institutions. Thursday’s announcement comes after NSF announced several steps in the last few months to restructure NCAR’s infrastructure. ...read more read less