Indiana's Unified AI Infrastructure Consortium
I-CAN brings together Indiana's leading research universities and national compute resources under a single access point — lowering barriers for researchers, startups, and public agencies to access world-class AI infrastructure.
One Front Door to Indiana's AI Ecosystem
The Indiana Consortium for AI Innovation (I-CAN) was established provide a connection point: a unified pathway to Indiana's world-class supercomputing and AI resources for researchers, industry, or government to access them. I-CAN's single intake process, resource-matching network, and expert support ensures that that the right compute reaches the right project, faster.
I-CAN is built on the principle that Indiana's AI infrastructure should be accessible statewide with a legitimate need — from a faculty researcher running genomics pipelines to a manufacturing startup piloting a computer vision system. Building upon existing federal and institutioal investment, these resources will ensure Indiana stays at the front of the AI economy.
The Universities Behind I-CAN
Purdue University
Home of Anvil — NSF supercomputing
Purdue provides Anvil (one of the nation's most capable NSF-funded supercomputers), industry access to HPC, and the Google Cloud partnership.
Contributions to I-CAN
- Anvil supercomputer (NSF #2005632)
- Purdue–Google Cloud partnership
- Fee-for-service industry access mechanism
- Research Computing expert support
Indiana University
Home of Jetstream2 — NSF cloud research computing
Indiana University contributes Jetstream2, an NSF-funded research cloud that provides on-demand virtual machines and GPU-accelerated instances. IU's Pervasive Technology Institute brings deep expertise in research computing, science gateways, and open-source infrastructure.
Contributions to I-CAN
- Jetstream2 cloud computing system (NSF #2005506)
- Pervasive Technology Institute
- Science gateway and containerized workflow support
University of Notre Dame
Center for Research Computing — campus HPC and AI infrastructure
Notre Dame's Center for Research Computing provides campus HPC clusters, research storage, and computational support. Through I-CAN, Notre Dame's resources are available to the broader Indiana research and industry community, with expert staff support for computational science, machine learning, and bioinformatics.
Contributions to I-CAN
- Campus HPC clusters and research storage
- Expert computational science support staff
- Machine learning and bioinformatics infrastructure
How I-CAN Is Governed
I-CAN operates as a consortium with shared governance across its three member universities. A steering committee with representation from each institution oversees resource allocation policy, intake criteria, and strategic direction.
Shared Governance
I-CAN works closely with to interact with existing institutional and national access policies.
Transparent Allocation
Resource allocation decisions follow published criteria based on workload fit, eligibility, and availability — not institutional affiliation.
Sustainable Access
Industry access is structured through Purdue's established fee-for-service mechanism, ensuring academic resources remain protected and the consortium is financially self-sustaining.
Work With I-CAN
Whether you're a researcher, a startup, or a educational institution — I-CAN has a pathway for you. Submit a single intake request and we'll match you to the right resource.