[Beowulf] BMW Shifts Supercomputing To Iceland To Save Emissions

[Lux, Jim (337C)]

Only if they cheaped out on ribbons and didn't clean the chain/bars.
Or, if they ran multipart forms, and yours was the bottom carbon.

Jim Lux


-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas Eadline [mailto:deadline at eadline.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 1:11 PM
To: Lux, Jim (337C)
Cc: Beowulf at beowulf.org
Subject: Re: [Beowulf] BMW Shifts Supercomputing To Iceland To Save Emissions


>
> Mind you, I'm a huge fan of small clusters under a single person's 
> control, where nobody is watching to see if you are making 'effective 
> utilization' and you can do whatever you want.  A personal supercomputer,
> as it were.   But I recognize that for much of the HPC world, clusters are
> managed in the same way as big iron mainframes were in the 70s, with 
> the convenience that you don't have to hike down to the computer 
> center (or closer RJE node) with your box of cards and come back later 
> to pick up your stack of green-bar paper.

And don't forget the blurry printing.

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Doug

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> Jim Lux
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> From: beowulf-bounces at beowulf.org [mailto:beowulf-bounces at beowulf.org] 
> On Behalf Of Eugen Leitl
> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 6:18 AM
> To: Beowulf at beowulf.org
> Subject: [Beowulf] BMW Shifts Supercomputing To Iceland To Save 
> Emissions
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> (as we were discussing Iceland -- which has also other advantages, as e.g.
> the German Pirate Party is hosting some of its infrastructure there 
> after having been raided on bogus charges).
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> The firm is moving ten of its HPC clusters, consuming 6.31 GWh of 
> energy each year annually, from Germany over to Verne Global’s data 
> centre in Keflavik, Iceland which uses electricity from 100 percent 
> renewable sources – Iceland’s geothermal and hydroelectric generators.
>
> <snip>
>
> Still, the reduction is real, and so is the demonstration of the 
> Verne’s capabilities, along with the practicality of shifting major 
> computing services to a country half an ocean away.
>
> BMW tested the network connections from Munich to Iceland, said Jeff 
> Monroe, CEO of Verne Global.  “The test results were a critical 
> factor in their decision to place production systems in Iceland.”
>
> *The move may also have had as much to do with power costs as the
> emissions.*
> With a big surplus and reliable long-term supplies of renewable 
> energy, Iceland’s utilities offer very cheap deals and long term contracts.
> Monroe said this is one of Verne’s “core competitive 
> advantages”, and prices are
> guaranteed: “We can offer customers a low, inflation-protected rate 
> for up to
> 20 years – a significant consideration in light of rising long-term 
> electricity costs in Europe, the UK and US.”
>
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