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Fujitsu win contract to boost super computing in Wales
HPC Wales is being supported by £24 million from the Welsh Assembly Government, including funding from the EU Convergence programmes, £10m from the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and £6million from collaborating institutions and private sector and research income. HPC Wales will give Wales a supercomputing capacity and network at a scale not attempted anywhere else in the UK or Europe.
Ieuan Wyn Jones, Deputy First Minister and Minister for the Economy and Transport, described it as a major investment in the future of Wales – providing both the supercomputing facilities and staffing needed for future growth.
“It will provide crucial support for key industry sectors as well as stimulate the growth of ICT and other industries. It supports our Economic Renewal programme, giving businesses real competitive edge, encouraging higher value-added industry and making Wales an attractive location for high value investment.”
The contract is worth £15 million over four years to Fujitsu, who will provide infrastructure and services, giving Wales the most advanced and evolving computing technology available.
Lesley Griffiths, the Welsh Assembly Government’s Deputy Minister for Science, Innovation and Skills, said it would open up a new era of commercially focussed research across Wales, forging close collaborations between businesses and universities.
“The academy and outreach programmes will also drive forward high level skills, with hard objectives for building skills levels in information and communication technologies and computational based science. It will help businesses in every part of Wales, complementing the support delivered through the Economic Renewal programme.”
A spokesperson for Fujitsu said,
“Our work with HPC Wales will be one of the most significant enterprise-class grid systems in Europe today and will be Fujitsu’s largest HPC project in Europe. We’re confident that our work with HPC Wales will bring significant technology, skills, research, jobs and economic development to the region.”
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