The University of York’s Data Discoveries series is addressing all aspects of the input we create and generate in large-scale computing and storage. — In the world of High Performance Computing (HPC) there are four key factors in making a supercomputer run: hardware, software, people, and the need for positive change. Flowing through all of these factors is data, the information gathered, sorted, and processed to solve the complex problems our field seeks to…

The University of York has selected EcoDataCenter in Falun, Sweden to host their latest High Performance Computing (HPC ) on 100% renewable resources. This move will benefit the University through lower electricity prices as well as a fully managed service that reduces operational costs. — The University of York is undertaking a commitment to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2030. As part of its plan, the Research Computing team has begun to look critically at its supercomputing services, seeking out the opportunity to get a head start in minimising their carbon footprint by working with…

ISC attendees helped donate funds across four charities in healthcare and ecology — In our continued pursuit to reduce waste and make our exhibitions at global conferences more sustainable we are incredibly pleased to announce that our 2023 appearance at ISC has raised a cumulative £344 for the charities of WaterAid, OneTreePlanted, Doctors without Borders (Medecins sans Frontieres), and BreastCancer.org. In true HPC…

The collaboration aims to deliver significant carbon reduction by deploying High Performance Computing and Analytics (HPCA) systems in edge data centres that boast the industry’s lowest carbon footprints. — Bicester, UK and London, UK — May 23, 2023 — The teams at Alces Flight and Deep Green are pleased to announce a commercial partnership that is focused on the use of micro data centres to power HPCA and Edge workloads. Deep Green’s “data furnace” technology efficiently transforms the…

Alces Flight to offer fully managed services for High Performance Computing and Analytics (HPCA) hosted by EcoDataCenter. May 22, 2023 — Bicester, UK and Falun, Sweden. Alces Flight and EcoDataCenter are announcing a new commercial partnership that aims to provide customers with best-of-breed managed services and sustainable computing for their private research clouds. The parties are seeking to entice new customers who wish to improve their sustainability…

Alces Flight attended HPCKP23 — Barcelona to discuss the progress being made on our OpenFlightHPC project during the two-day conference — Knowledge, inclusion, and sustainability serve as the three tenets of the High Performance Computing Knowledge Portal (HPCKP) and this year their conference presented them — and more. Now in its 13th year, this non-profit event drew speakers from the UK and EU together to talk about the present and future…

With the theme of sustainability, flexibility, and community the Flight Crew is back and ready to engage the supercomputing world — We are thrilled to return to ISC and to the city of Hamburg, Germany for the first of our international conferences in High Performance Computing (HPC) for 2023. This year the Flight Crew has chosen to highlight three critical areas in the HPC field - with product demos, talks, and…

The Flight Crew is on their way to the HPCKP23 conference in Barcelona to talk about increasing equity in HPC through their contributions to the OpenFlightHPC open-source project — The team at Alces Flight is pleased to announce that they will be taking part in the High Performance Computing Knowledge Portal (HPCKP) 2023 meeting. Hosted in Barcelona on May 17 and 18th, this non-profit event centres around championing new connections, exchanging knowledge within the supercomputing community — and striving…

The supercomputer, named Stanage after a famous escarpment in the nearby Peak District National Park, strengthens the HPC solutions offered by the Research and Innovation in IT at the university. — Alces Flight was pleased to attend the launch of the latest supercomputer to join the HPC solutions offered by the University of Sheffield on April 19, 2023 at Firth Hall. Stanage is the newest HPC cluster and adds significant research capabilities to the institution, more than doubling the general availability…