SEANERGYS Project Launched: European Software Advances Energy-Efficient Supercomputing
SEANERGYS will develop a next-generation software solution to improve the energy-efficient operations of supercomputers in Europe and has officially started.
Project Motivation
The increasing demand for computing, particularly driven by AI, is fuelling the expansion of supercomputers in both number and scale. This growth comes with a significant rise in energy consumption, as exemplified by JUPITER at JSC, which requires approximately 17 MW of power. As a result, hosting sites across Europe are facing significant sustainability challenges.
Despite advances in energy efficiency, computing demands are escalating at a faster rate, rendering sustainability a pressing concern. Furthermore, societal concerns about the environmental impact and high energy costs underscore the need for improved efficiency.
In this context, enhancing energy efficiency is not only a matter of operational optimisation but a critical enabler for Europe's broader digital and green transition.
Project Objectives:
The project's ultimate goal is to develop a unified European software suite that can be seamlessly adopted across diverse and modular supercomputing architectures. To support the harmonisation, the project builds on the competency of well-established research groups and companies, and widely used open-source codes.
By doing so, SEANERGYS will help reduce energy waste and operating costs and at the same time contribute to maximise the scientific and industrial benefits for Europe's investments in HPC and AI infrastructure.
By improving how energy is monitored, managed, and used in supercomputing, the EuroHPC project SEANERGYS is helping to reinforce the European commitment to sustainability while making progress on long-term benefits across scientific research, industrial innovation, and societal advancement.
In this context, SEANERGYS will address these challenges by providing a comprehensive software suite capable of optimising the energy-aware operation of EuroHPC supercomputers in real time, optimising energy consumption and balancing this with the needs of the supercomputer users.
The newly launched project focuses on four core objectives:
· reducing the energy consumed by real-world workloads
· improving resource utilisation
· enhancing overall system throughput
· optimising response times.
Project Approach:
SEANERGYS will achieve its objectives through three interconnected components:
· A Comprehensive Monitoring Infrastructure (CMI): Collecting and analysing detailed system data to provide a holistic view.
· An Advanced Artificial Intelligence-based Analytics System (AIDAS): Interpreting performance and energy metrics to predict system behaviour.
· A Dynamic Scheduling and Resource Management System (DSRM): Utilising AIDAS data to optimise workload execution and system operation in real-time.
The SEANERGYS software suite will harness the adaptability of dynamic workloads to energy consumption and throughput. By integrating these components, SEANERGYS will enable unprecedented levels of coordination and optimisation for HPC/AI system operation, surpassing the current state of the art and paving the way for future workloads.
Project Background:
SEANERGYS has been selected following the call HORIZON-EUROHPC-JU-2023-ENERGY-04 and will last for 48 months.
The project is coordinated by Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH and brings together 16 partners from across Europe to develop a fully integrated, production-ready software solution for improving the energy efficiency of high-performance computing systems.
SEANERGYS is funded by the EuroHPC Joint undertaking with a total budget of €20 million stemming from the Horizon Europe funding programme.
SEANERGYS builds upon several previous projects funded by the EuroHPC JU, including the DEEP and SEA projects and REGALE.
The full press release from the EuropHPC Joint Undertaking can be found here: New EuroHPC Project SEANERGYS Advances Energy-Efficient Supercomputing - EuroHPC JU
The project webpage can be found here: SEANERGYS