AI Compute Infrastructure for Education.
Licensed as Software. Built for Communities.
Civic Compute’s 3COL platform puts enterprise-grade GPU computing in the hands of community colleges and educational institutions — without the capital investment, the complexity, or the compromise.
Why Civic Compute?
Community colleges and educational institutions deserve the same AI infrastructure Fortune 500 companies take for granted. We built a software platform that makes it affordable, manageable, and revenue-generating.
Funding Support for GPU Infrastructure
Civic Compute provides hands-on grant support for institutions pursuing funding for GPU infrastructure. We help align each application with workforce preparation, student opportunity, and instructional needs — so the submission reflects your institution's priorities, not a generic template..
Predictable SaaS Pricing
Annual software license at affordable pricing. No per-job billing surprises. No GPU market volatility. A fixed, budgetable cost your institution can plan around.
Community Keeps the Revenue
Spare compute capacity generates a new recurring revenue stream paid directly to your institution — not to a distant data center operator.
3COL — The Cooperative Compute Orchestration Layer
3COL is Civic Compute’s licensed software platform. It sits on top of your institution’s GPU infrastructure and handles everything: student access, faculty job scheduling, usage reporting, cooperative revenue distribution, and IT administration.
One platform. Three access patterns. Infinite scalability across your cooperative network.
- Student & Faculty Portal — SSO-authenticated access, model catalog, job submission, course-level usage tracking
- Direct API Access — OpenAI-compatible endpoint, per-department and per-course API keys, LiteLLM gateway support
- SLURM Orchestration — Enterprise-grade job scheduling, multi-site federation, audit-trail billing via CRAM
- Cooperative Admin Panel — Revenue distribution, cooperative governance, monthly close, board-level reporting
Built for the Educational Community
Community Colleges
Fund hardware via Perkins V and NSF ATE grants. License 3COL at a predictable annual fee. Give students and faculty access to real AI compute for coursework, applied research, and workforce development.
CareerTech Colleges
The same subscription model as community colleges — with an employer-placement framing. Train students for real AI infrastructure roles with hands-on GPU compute access, supported by Perkins V and TCSG Capital Equipment Grants.
Research Park Landlords
License 3COL as a tenant amenity. Startups and small labs in your innovation district get proximity-based AI compute access. A genuine competitive differentiator that drives lease commitments.
Cooperative Members
Join the network. Spare capacity generates revenue for your institution. The more members in the cooperative, the more powerful the network becomes for every member — and the more revenue each institution earns.
Ready to bring AI compute to your campus?
Schedule a 30-minute introduction. We’ll walk you through the platform, the licensing model, and what a 3COL deployment looks like at an institution your size.