UK Met Powers Supercomputer with the Sun

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In this video, Seth Conway reports that the supercomputer at the UK Met Office now runs on solar-powered electricity. With 1006 panels, the solar array is the largest in the region with the capacity to generate 250 Kilowatts of power. The UK Met IBM Power6 system is used for weather forecasting and climate modeling.