The UK is spending $1.6 billion to build the world's fastest weather supercomputer

guest · Feb 17, 2020

The UK is spending $1.6 billion to build the world's fastest weather supercomputer
Faster and more accurate weather prediction
February 17, 2020
https://www.techspot.com/news/84048-uk-spending-16-billion-build-world-fastest-weather.html

In brief: The supercomputer will be managed by the Met Office to more accurately predict storms, pinpoint suitable locations for flood defenses and predict changes to global climate. Specifically, airports will be able to use it to plan for potential disruption and power companies could rely on data to help protect against potential energy blackouts and surges.

Alok Sharma, secretary and president of the UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), announced on Monday that the government is contributing £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) in funding to build a state-of-the-art supercomputer for weather forecasting.
Installation will take place over a 10-year period, starting in 2022.

Officials expect it to be the most advanced supercomputer dedicated to weather and climate in the world. Unfortunately for us hardware nerds, the office hasn’t yet said what specific supercomputer they’ll be installing.
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UK Met Office ploughs £1.2bn into record-breaking weather and climate supercomputer

[...] which will replace the Cray XC40 system built for £97 million in 2014.

When the first phase of the new system launches in 2022, it will be six times as powerful as its predecessor. A second phase, scheduled for 2028, will be a further three times as powerful. Cray XC40 is in the top 50 of the world’s most powerful computer systems and boasts 16 petaflops of power.
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