 | This article needs to be updated. (December 2012) |
 The Atlas Computer Laboratory was for many years a major facility supporting computationally intensive science and engineering research in the UK. | |
  Location within Oxfordshire | |
| Established | 1961 |
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| Dissolved | 1975 |
| Location | Harwell, Oxfordshire |
| Coordinates | 51°34′31″N 1°18′54″W / 51.5752°N 1.3150°W |
| Director | Jack Howlett |
| Website | http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/ |
The Atlas Computer Laboratory on the Harwell, Oxfordshire campus shared by the Harwell Laboratory was one of the major computer laboratories in the world, which operated between 1961 and 1975 to provide a service to British scientists at a time when powerful computers were not usually available. The main user population was the UK universities and some government agencies.
Now called the Atlas centre, it is home to European Space Agency's (ESA) Business Incubation Centre (ESA BIC), and the Science and Technology Facilities Council's (STFC) Innovations Technology Access Centre (I-TAC).