The FCCN Unit, through its Advanced Computing team, has been monitoring the Deucalion process, from application and EuroHPC approval to installation and operation. This supercomputer, installed in Guimarães, in one of the four Advanced Computing operational centers, will operate on fully renewable energy sources.
A new supercomputer, named after a Greek god, Deucalion, will be installed at the Minho Advanced Computing Center (MACC), in Guimarães, one of the four operational advanced computing centers in Portugal, coordinated by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), and should be operational in early 2022.
The contract for the acquisition of this new supercomputer petascale EuroHPC was signed between the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU), the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), with the support of the Advanced Computing team of the FCCN Unit, and Fujitsu, the technology provider.
Deucalion will enable the development of a unique and innovative framework for applying European and global green computing principles, leveraging a fully sustainable infrastructure. It will be one of the first European supercomputing projects with a reduced carbon footprint, aligned with the European Green Deal.
Deucalion will be operated by MACC, with support from the Advanced Computing team at the FCT's FCCN Unit, which will provide resources to the Research & Innovation communities. This new supercomputer joins those already part of the National Advanced Computing Network: Bob, Navigator, Oblivion, and Cirrus.
This is one of the examples of initiatives aligned with the Axis 5 – Research of INCoDe.2030, which is also part of the preparation context of the National Strategy for Advanced Computing, Advanced Computing Portugal 2030. Through Deucalion, Portugal joins the European supercomputing network.
