CloudLab is an innovative testbed designed to advance research in cloud computing and related fields, offering flexible, scientific infrastructure for researchers. With almost 1,000 machines distributed across multiple sites in the United States—including Utah, Wisconsin, and South Carolina—CloudLab enables users to experiment with new cloud architectures and technologies. Researchers can quickly provision a cloud environment tailored to their needs, allowing for the testing of standard software stacks like OpenStack and Kubernetes, or even creating custom configurations from the ground up.

The platform provides hard isolation for user environments, facilitating hundreds of simultaneous research projects while ensuring artifact-free conditions. Collaborating with partners such as the University of Utah, Clemson University, and US Ignite, CloudLab is part of the NSFCloud program and supports researchers globally. By combining extensive hardware access and a user-friendly interface, CloudLab empowers scientists and educators to conduct transformative studies that shape the future of cloud computing and its applications.