HPE will build an Nvidia-powered supercomputer at the Leibniz Supercomputing Center (LRZ) in Germany. Dubbed Blue Lion, the system will employ 100 percent direct liquid cooling. The water-cooling solution will allow waste heat from the supercomputer to be reused for heating local buildings.
“Procuring a new supercomputer takes work, but it’s incredibly exciting,” said Professor Dieter Kranzlmüller, head of LRZ. “We can already take a look into the future of supercomputing. This increases the anticipation and even more the excitement of how the scientific community will use this system to make even better progress into new realms of knowledge. After all, it’s not about having the fastest supercomputer, but about providing the best possible support for cutting-edge research with our high-performance infrastructure.”
The system cost a total of €250 million ($262m) and was jointly funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts (StMWK). It is expected to be operational in 2027.
