Objective In its communication on the “European Cloud Initiative” the European Commission in April 2016 stressed the need for building an European Data Infrastructure including high-end supercomputers, which will around 2022 reach the exascale performance level. In this proposal, a group of leading European supercomputing centres propose the formation of a buyers group to execute a joint Public Procurement of Innovative Solutions (PPI) in the area of high-performance computing (HPC). The co-funding by the European Commission (EC) will allow for a significant enhancement of the planned pre-exascale HPC infrastructure from 2018 on. The total investment is planned to be about € 73 million.The involved HPC centres, namely BSC, CEA/GENCI, CINECA and JUELICH, have a strong track record in providing supercomputing resources at European level. The project participants are founding members of PRACE and have made Tier-0 systems available through PRACE.This joint initiative will create benefits in multiple respects:▪ More supercomputing resources will be efficiently exploitable for science and engineering applications in Europe within PRACE, the pan-European HPC infrastructure, as selected, relevant applications will play an important role in guiding this procurement process.▪ R&D on HPC architectures and technologies in Europe will be strengthened as suitable incentives will be provided by this joint procurement process.▪ The coordinated approach will give us a greater weight and allow having more impact on the design of the solutions according to the need of scientists and engineers in Europe.The participants will work together on coordinated roadmaps for providing HPC resources optimised to the needs of European scientists and engineers. The final decision on which innovative solutions will be procured at the different sites will be made following these roadmaps, but remain a decision of the individual sites. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcomputer hardwaresupercomputers Keywords PPI high-performance computing exascale computing Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.4. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Research Infrastructures Main Programme H2020-EU.1.4.1.3. - Development, deployment and operation of ICT-based e-infrastructures Topic(s) EINFRA-21-2017 - Platform-driven e-infrastructure innovation Call for proposal H2020-EINFRA-2016-2017 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-EINFRA-2016-2 Funding Scheme PPI - Public Procurement of Innovative solutions Coordinator FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH Net EU contribution € 8 451 194,50 Address WILHELM JOHNEN STRASSE 52428 Julich Germany See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Düren Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 24 146 270,00 Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES France Net EU contribution € 42 752,50 Address RUE LEBLANC 25 75015 PARIS 15 See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 122 150,00 CINECA CONSORZIO INTERUNIVERSITARIO Italy Net EU contribution € 8 426 250,00 Address VIA MAGNANELLI 6/3 40033 Casalecchio Di Reno Bo See on map Region Nord-Est Emilia-Romagna Bologna Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 24 075 000,00 BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER CENTRO NACIONAL DE SUPERCOMPUTACION Spain Net EU contribution € 591 500,00 Address CALLE JORDI GIRONA 31 08034 Barcelona See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 1 690 000,00 GRAND EQUIPEMENT NATIONAL DE CALCUL INTENSIF France Net EU contribution € 8 455 956,25 Address 6 BIS RUE AUGUSTE VITU 75015 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 24 159 875,00
