More like building shared infra to get at a better and more efficent end of scaling laws, than having many small clusters all over. I don't think it really is a privacy question but just a way more economical solution.
Basically make your own hpc provider for academic purposes, and rent out extra capacity to smaller commercial interests to utilise that spare capacity and also prop up the local economy with usable research compute.
Basically make your own hpc provider for academic purposes, and rent out extra capacity to smaller commercial interests to utilise that spare capacity and also prop up the local economy with usable research compute.