The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced the launch of a new supercomputer named Doudna, to be powered by NVIDIA chips and housed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. 

Set to launch in 2026, Doudna is built on Dell Technologies infrastructure and powered by NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin architecture. 

Engineered for real-time discovery, the supercomputer will support the U.S. Department of Energy’s most pressing scientific missions. Doudna aims to accelerate breakthrough research, fueling innovation and strengthening America’s leadership in high-impact technological domains.

“It will advance scientific discovery from chemistry to physics to biology and all powered by — unleashing this power — of artificial intelligence,” U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said.

Named after Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna, co-inventor of CRISPR gene editing, the system will be based at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center.

Designed for high-performance computing and AI model training, Doudna is the latest addition to the Department of Energy’s growing supercomputing infrastructure, which includes El Capitan at Lawrence Livermore and Frontier at Oak Ridge.

“I’m so proud that America continues to invest in this particular area. “It is the foundation of scientific discovery for our country. It is also the foundation for economic and technology leadership,” NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang said.