High-Tech Base for the European Exascale Supercomputer JUPITER

Forschungszentrum Jülich and Eviden (Atos Group) have signed a contract for the delivery of a modular data centre (MDC) for the supercomputer JUPITER, procured by the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU). JUPITER will be the first supercomputer in Europe with a performance of more than 1 ExaFlop/s and designed for simulations as well as large-scale AI applications in science and industry that require maximum computing power. The Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) is taking a completely new approach in order to build a correspondingly powerful new data centre by the time JUPITER is scheduled to go into operation in autumn 2024. The data centre will be built as a modular high-performance centre (modular data centre, MDC) consisting of around 50 container modules across an area of over 2,300 square metres. The advantages of the concept include significantly shorter planning and set-up times as well as reduced construction and operating costs. Moreover, the power supply and cooling infrastructure can be flexibly adapted to new requirements in future thanks to the consistently modular design. The MDC is being financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Furthermore, BMBF and the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MKW NRW) will provide funding in equal measure for the technical equipment installed in the centre.

More information: https://go.fzj.de/mdc-fuer-jupiter

Contact: jupiter@fz-juelich.de