The new plant will focus on high-performance computing (HPC) and next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) support systems. Foxconn, a longtime partner of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, was again commissioned to produce and ship.
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“By building next-generation supercomputers, European organizations will gain a strong foundation to accelerate scientific discovery by seizing opportunities from exponential data growth, enhancing digital sovereignty and innovation potential, and contributing to economic value,” said HPE Executive Vice President and CEO, HPE Justin Hotard.
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The new plant is designed to meet the specific production requirements of liquid-cooled systems, which is the ideal cooling method for state-of-the-art, power-intensive systems.
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The production facilities will be equipped with a reinforced floor to support HPE Cray EX supercomputers, weighing up to 8,000 pounds (3,628 kilograms) per cabinet. It will include a water circuit between the supercomputers and the hot water cooling equipment used to cool the supercomputers currently being built and tested on the plant’s line.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise was previously part of the computer giant Hewlett-Packard. However, in 2015 it was divided into two parts. HP, a personal computer and printer manufacturer, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, a technology services and software company, were formed.
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| How supercomputers work |
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Unlike ordinary desktop computers, supercomputers occupy the entire building. They are made up of thousands of processors and have the same performance as hundreds of regular PCs. What a supercomputer can calculate in a single day would take a normal home PC a whole year. Their price also corresponds to this. Supercomputers are as expensive as luxuriously furnished single-family homes. Such powerful machines examine human DNA, decipher secret information or calculate the motion of the universe. |
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