A computing system with physically remote shared computer memory, the computing system including: a remote memory management module, a plurality of computing devices, a plurality of remote memory modules that are external to the plurality of computing devices, and a remote memory controller, the remote memory management module configured to partition the physically remote shared computer memory amongst a plurality of computing devices; each computing device including a computer processor and a local memory controller, the local memory controller including: a processor interface, a local memory interface, and a local interconnect interface; each remote memory controller including: a remote memory interface and a remote interconnect interface, wherein the remote memory controller is operatively coupled to the data communications interconnect via the remote interconnect interface such that the remote memory controller is coupled for data communications with the local memory controller over the data communications interconnect.