According to the head of the Swiss high-performance computing center, computing capacities should be moved abroad.
Switzerland should concentrate local resources on innovative pilot projects, said Thomas Schulthess, head of the National High Performance Computing Center (CSCS), in an interview with the “SonntagsZeitung”.
According to Schulthess, Northern Europe is ideal for outsourcing local computing capacity:
A consortium called ‘Lumi’ (Large Unified Modern Infrastructure) has already been set up with Finland, which includes ten countries, Schulthess said. Under his leadership, a data center was built in a former Finnish paper factory.
The demand for electricity is increasing
«The location is perfect and it is cost-effective. The factory hall and the associated infrastructure for electricity production and cooling were already in place,” said the CSCS boss.
Such an expansion of Swiss computing capacity is necessary because the demand for electricity is increasing, says Schulthess:
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Source: Watson
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