Aussie Supercomputer Center To Use Geothermal Cooling

Drilling begins on the geothermal energy well to be used as coolant for the planned Pawsey Center. Image via CSIRO.

A plan to use groundwater as a geothermal coolant for an Australian supercomputer is being touted as a way to save on water use for major heat islands, such as data centers. Read more →

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Wyoming Powers Up Supercomputer To Crunch The Numbers On Climate Change

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The 1.5 petaflop IBM computer can run an astonishing 1.5 quadrillion calculations per second, allowing scientists to build ever- more accurate climate models and predict future changes in climate and weather. Read more →

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Intel, HP Team Up On World’s Most Efficient Super Computer

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The Climate Group reports on plans by two computing giants to build an efficient supercomputer that will be used to conduct clean energy research. Read more →

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Oakley Supercomputer Aims For Speed, Efficiency

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The Oakley Cluster, named for Ohio heroine Annie Oakley, gives the Ohio Supercomputer Center a big boost in energy-efficient processing power, the center says. Read more →

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World’s Greenest Supercomputer Heads Down Under

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IBM's Blue Gene/Q, ranked as the world's most energy efficient supercomputer, is headed to Australia to aid in research into life-threatening diseases. Read more →

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Supercomputer Leaps Tall Cleantech Challenges

PNNL Olympus Super Computer

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's supercomputer Olympus is hard at work on renewable energy solutions, with the speed of 20,000 computers combined. Read more →

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Supercomputers Think About Clean Energy

Cray XT5 "Jaguar" supercomputer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

To tackle energy challenges, the U.S. government doles out 1.7 billion processor hours on its two best supercomputers to 57 research projects. Read more →

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