European Commission plans to invest in HPC

17 Feb 2012

Plans have been put forward by the European Commission (EC) in order to invest in High Performance Computing (HPC) in the hope of creating new IT roles.

It is hoped that the plans, presented by the EC, will help improve the levels of infrastructure across Europe and enable companies to progress while creating new jobs.

The EC plans to double its investment in HPC from €630 million to €1.2 billion enabling the use of computers which will be capable of performing 'extra-scale' operations.

Neelie Kroes, European Commission vice-president responsible for the digital agenda, said: "High Performance Computing is a crucial enabler for European industry and for more jobs in Europe.

"It's investments like HPC that deliver innovations improving daily life. We’ve got to invest smartly in this field because we cannot afford to leave it to our competitors."

One super computer can cost more than €100 million to build as well as €20 million to maintain each year, with the world’s largest super computers more powerful than 130,000 laptops.

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