UK Invests £36M in AMD-Powered Supercomputer at the Univ. of Cambridge

The UK government announced it has injected £36 million to increase the power of one of the UK’s leading supercomputing centres sixfold. This includes backing a new National Computational Resource supercomputer ….

Nokia and Hypertec Group Install ‘Nibi’ Supercomputer Cluster at the University of Waterloo

Jan. 22, 2026 — Nokia, an IP networking and AI-HPC data center fabric provider, and Hypertec, an AI and HPC infrastructure company, today announced the deployment of Nibi, an advanced supercomputing cluster at the University of Waterloo in Ontario. The system is designed to support more than 4,000 researchers annually, expanding Canada’s capacity to advance […]

@HPCpodcast Industry View: A Portrait of LRZ’s Upcoming HPE Cray Supercomputer Powered by NVIDIA Vera Rubin – the Combined Forces of HPC and AI for Science

In this episode, we dig into the design and deployment of an upcoming leadership-class supercomputer at the ….

AMD and Eviden to Build €554 France-Based Exascale Supercomputer

AMD and Eviden announced they will build the “Alice Recoque” supercomputer, to be the first exascale  in France and second in Europe. The companies said the system will be powered by AMD EPYC CPUs, codenamed “Venice” ….

HPE to Build AMD-Powered Exascale and AI Supercomputers for Oak Ridge

HPE and AMD today announced they have been selected to build two systems for Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a successor to the Frontier exascale-class HPC system, along with an AI supercomputing ….

UK’s STFC Launches 24 PLFLOPS AI Supercomputer for Industry

The UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Hartree Centre has launched a supercomputer designed to help UK industry accelerate innovation through artificial intelligence and advanced computing. A 24.41 petaflop system, it can perform 24.41 quadrillion floating-point calculations per second. The GPU-based system is designed for AI workloads and advanced visualisation. Located within STFC’s £30 million […]

Swiss Quantum Technology in €10M Deal to Deploy D-Wave Quantum

PALO ALTO, Calif. & COMO, Italy – October 15, 2025 – D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) (“D-Wave” or the “Company”), a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services and the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers, today announced an agreement with Swiss Quantum Technology SA (“SQT”) to deploy a D-Wave Advantage2 annealing quantum computer […]

Petrobras Puts Lenovo ‘Harpia’ HPC into Operation

Brazillian petroleum corporation Petrobras has put the Lenovo”Harpia” supercomputer into operation. The machine, to be used for seismic imaging,  is the largest of the five Lenovo HPC systems Petrobas  has ….

SiPearl Launches Sovereign HPC Processor Athena1

SiPearl, the European fabless designer of sovereign processors for HPC, AI and data centers, today announced the launch of the Athena1 processor for dual-use applications. Based on Rhea1, SiPearl’s first generation ….

Microsoft Standing up $3.3B ‘Most Powerful’ AI Data Center in Wisconsin with $4B Facility to Follow

In its not-so-modest opinion, Microsoft calls it the world’s most powerful AI data center. In a blog post from vice chair and president Brad Smith, he calls it ….