A new supercomputer is being built in Finland. CSC – The supercomputer to be built in the Kajaani data center of the Science Information Technology Center will be known as LUMI (Large Unified Modern Infrastructure) and is part of the EU’s EuroHPC project.

LUMI is based on Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s HPE Cray EX supercomputer, which utilizes AMD’s 64 core Zen 3 architecture-based Genoa Epyc processors and next-generation Instinct counting cards. The supercomputer will provide more than 550 the theoretical maximum performance of petaFLOPS, most of which is generated by spreadsheets.

Environmental factors have also been taken into account in the construction of LUMI and a maximum of 200 megawatts of hydropower has been allocated for its use. In addition, the supercomputer’s waste heat is intended to cover 20% of the heating of the entire Renfors Ranta business area and at the same time reduce Kajaani’s carbon footprint.

The supercomputer has a budget of 144, EUR 5 million and over the entire LUMI project EUR 200 million, of which half