IT Lasso Applauds DOE’s AI Supercomputing Initiative and Advances Vision for AI-Ready Digital Infrastructure

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Canton, Ohio — October 27, 2025

IT Lasso, LLC — a certified small business holding multiple state and federal designations, including HUBZone, MBE, and EDGE — today commended the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) announcement of two AMD-accelerated artificial-intelligence supercomputers, Lux and Discovery, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
This new public-private partnership model marks a major step in strengthening America’s leadership in AI, energy, and scientific innovation.

“IT Lasso supports the DOE’s vision for collaborative, high-performance AI infrastructure,” said Edgar A. Powell Jr., Founder & President of IT Lasso. “Our mission is to enable secure and accessible technology that empowers educators, researchers, and innovators to lead in the digital age.”

Building on its flagship IT Lasso Data Trunk Cloud Backup platform and inspired by the principles in Powell’s recent book, Building the Digital Classroom: A Vision for Education in the AI-Driven Era, IT Lasso is now preparing to develop an environment that will offer AI-ready digital-infrastructure solutions designed to support scientific, educational, and research initiatives nationwide.
This direction aligns with DOE’s goal of expanding access to advanced computing and fostering innovation through public-private collaboration.

Contact:
Edgar A. Powell Jr. | Founder & President
IT Lasso, LLC | 101 Central Plz S, Suite 602 | Canton, OH 44702
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