1. Finland to get new supercomputing data centre for research and education

    Helsinki Times Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing , Servers , Supercomputer
    Finland to get new supercomputing data centre for research and education
    The CSC’s current stock of supercomputers in Otaniemi. “THE IT CENTER for Science (CSC) in Finland said it will create a ‘state of the art’ data centre for supercomputers, data storage and other IT systems, which will be completed in 2012. Finland Minister for Education and Culture Henna Virkkunen said the center will focus on energy efficiency and IT Center for Science managing director Kimmo Koski said it will also look to reduce data center costs. ‘The datacenter project is extremely important for Finland,’ Virkkunen said. ‘It will strengthen the international competitive ability for Finnish research by providing an eco-efficient location for the new supercomputer and the services it will make available in Finland.’
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