Start using Nimbus
Bath's Nimbus cloud supercomputer supports academic research in all disciplines.
High Performance Computing
Our powerful research computing environments are available to academic staff and doctoral students from all departments.
Start using Bath's supercomputers
About Nimbus, Bath's cloud-based HPC cluster: How to get access and funding to cover your computational costs, along with training material.
Apply for funding to use Nimbus
Open to academic staff and PhD students from all disciplines.
Training material and courses
Join an online training course or work through our self-guided training material covering the Unix Shell, HPC, RCAM and our HPC environments .
Cloud, on-site and GW4 service
Bath researchers have access to three compute clusters. Nimbus: Bath's main cloud based supercomputer, Anatra: small cluster for applications with no cloud license and Isambard 3: GW4 Arm-based supercomputer.
Nimbus cloud supercomputer
Optimal compute and data storage solutions for your evolving research needs, including AI and machine learning capabilities.
Anatra HTC cluster
Technical specifications for the University's new on-site high throughput computing (HTC) cluster named Anatra.
GW4 Isambard HPC
Bath has 10% of the compute time on Isambard 3. Contact Research Computing if you would like to use the environment for your research.
Events
Join our events for staff and doctoral students.
Intro to cloud HPC
21 May 2025 2.00pm
Online
Training course covering all your need to know to start using Nimbus Cloud HPC. We aim to run this course quarterly, please sign up below.
Case studies
Find out how high performance computing has helped researchers across the University.
How HPC and Machine Learning are improving the analysis of renewable materials
Dan uses HPC to reduce the amount of time it takes to analyse new sustainable materials.
Creating environmentally friendly plastics using HPC
Megan uses the University's HPC facilities to experiment with sustainable plastics that could change the way we live everyday