IBM provides Linux PPC64 machines to universities

IBM has been working with a small number of Universities around the world
to assist them with their interest in getting closer to the Linux
development community.  IBM has provided 64-bit Linux on Power
Architecture machines to the Universities who in turn host them for the
Open Source development community at large.   The Universities are
interested in creating a closer connection w/ the Open Source community
and contributing to it, and they feel this is a means of accomplishing
that.  These servers are freely available with a simple registration for
use. They include POWER5-based servers and also an Apple Power Mac G5 for
those interested in doing Altivec or other IBM PPC970 processor work. 
These are
shared environments, so users have to play nice, and abide by the
applicable University acceptable use policies.   The University de 
Campinas in Brazil
will be online shortly and additional Universities plan to roll this out 
in 
coming months.  For those not aware, SourceForge
has also recently added a POWER5 system to their compile farm.

University of Augsburg - Debian on POWER5
http://tuxppc.rz.uni-augsburg.de/

Australian National University - SLES on POWER5
http://clug.anu.eu.au

Oregon State University Open Source Lab - Gentoo on Apple Power Mac G5
http://wiki.osuosl.org/display/PPC64/Home

Linux on Power @ Peking University - SLES on POWER5
http://ppclinux.pku.edu.cn/

Cheers,

Robert MacFarlan
Strategist
ISV Global Solutions Enablement
IBM