Datacenter Forum
Datacenter Forum
Datacenter Forum
Datacenter Forum
Events & Webinars Datacenter directory
  • Share page on Linkedin
  • Share page on Facebook
  • Share page on Twitter
  • Link copied!
slider-image
Start
Upcoming Events
Datacenter Directory
DatacenterFlix
Topics
About us
Partner login
NEWS

CSC's HPC environment to host data lake for Destination Earth initiative

CSC's HPC environment to host data lake for Destination Earth initiative
  • Datacenter Forum news, knowledge, inspiration & events
    Start
  • Data center forum Events & webinars
    Upcoming Events
  • Datacenter Forum topics
    Topics
  • Data center directory - who's who in the datacenter industry
    Datacenter Directory
  • about Datacenter Forum
    About us
  • Datacenter Forum portal
    Partner login
  • Datacenter Forum Training
    Training
  • Partner up
    Partner up
  • Datacenter Forum video channels
    DatacenterFlix
CSC - IT Center for Science
updated: 14-03-2023 | 10:40
Share page on Linkedin Share page on Facebook Share page on Twitter Link copied!

CSC, Finland’s scientific IT center and mostly know for its LUMI supercomputer, will add a data management system to its Kajaani ecosystem. It will support the Destination Earth (DestinE) moonshot project, which aims to create multiple digital twins of Earth.

 

The Data Lake is particularly suitable for distributed big data workflows and storage of big data. It will provide researchers with seamless access to data from different sources, such as satellites and instruments, and the data produced by the Digital Twins of the Destination Earth initiative. The concepts applied in the Data Lake service will provide harmonization of data access federation beyond anything that exists today.

 

Destination Earth: Digital Twins

The distributed Destination Earth data lake has an edge-computing footprint (data bridge) at CSC Kajaani to allow near data processing of digital twin data generated at the European LUMI supercomputer, with a storage capacity of 30 petabytes and a physical size of about 30 rack cabinets, one rack being the size of a tall refrigerator. The data bridge will be installed in Kajaani in the data center of the joint European LUMI supercomputer hosted by CSC.

 

Destination Earth is an ambitious initiative of the European Commission within the Digital Europe Programme to develop high-precision digital models of the Earth in a broad collaboration. The Digital Twins will allow modelling of climate change, local impacts of climate change, and extreme weather events with unprecedented accuracy and provide data to support decision-making.

 

Smooth computations

"This acquisition is a significant addition to our Kajaani ecosystem and a key part of Destination Earth. The DestinE Data Lake will enable researchers using Digital Twins to access the large amounts of data they need and run smooth computations on the LUMI supercomputer. We want to increase the number of  European research projects and international collaboration in our ecosystem, expand our ecosystem and develop our competence. This project offers excellent opportunities for that", says Jukka-Pekka Partanen, Director of the Kajaani Datacenter Program at CSC.

 

"Within the overall context of Destination Earth and also with regards to the DestinE Data Lake the EuroHPC JU sites like Lumi play a fundamental role. We consider their expertise and infrastructure contribution as essential and are looking forward to a lasting relationship with us and also vis a vis our industrial prime CloudFerro", says Lothar Wolf, Destination Earth Programme Manager at EUMETSAT.

 

Joint implementation

Three entrusted entities will jointly implement the Destination Earth initiative: the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), the European Space Agency (ESA), and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). ESA has the responsibility for the Core Service Platform that is interfacing with the Destination Earth users. ECMWF is responsible for two Digital Twins: Extreme Weather Digital Twin and Climate Adaption Digital Twin. CSC leads the international partnership that delivers the Climate Adaption Digital Twin. UMETSAT  has end-to-end responsibility for the Destination Earth Data Lake.

 

An impressive international result

The DestinE Data Lake service development, implementation and operations will be supplied by CloudFerro, a provider of innovative cloud solutions. The installation at Kajaani centre will start in spring and will start early operations from June 2023.

 

"The data center sector is one of Kajaani's top industries, and we have worked closely with CSC to develop it. This procurement of EUMETSAT is an impressive international result and expands Kajaani's data center ecosystem in a significant way. The City of Kajaani has invested a lot in collaboration with the CSC and is ready to continue to do so, both with the CSC and its partners", says Teuvo Hatva, Chairman of the Kajaani City Council.

RELATED


Green Mountain signs deal with TikTok for new data center in Norway
News Green Mountain signs deal with TikTok for new data center in Norway Green Mountain Data Centre
GlobalConnect first colocation provider to offer submerged cooling in Europe
News GlobalConnect first colocation provider to offer submerged cooling in Europe GlobalConnect
Svein Atle Hagaseth appointed as new CEO of Green Mountain
News Svein Atle Hagaseth appointed as new CEO of Green Mountain Green Mountain Data Centre
Greenergy deploys Juniper’s AI into 31MW Baltic data centre
News Greenergy deploys Juniper’s AI into 31MW Baltic data centre Greenergy Data Centers
Vertiv introduces prefabricated modular data centre
News Vertiv introduces prefabricated modular data centre Vertiv
Top CEO’s open nuclear energy debate in Denmark
News Top CEO’s open nuclear energy debate in Denmark Datacenter Forum
atNorth to Open New 15MW Data Center Campus in Helsinki
News atNorth to Open New 15MW Data Center Campus in Helsinki atNorth
Data Center Career Pathfinder
News Uptime Institute Completes Acquisition of CNet Training Uptime Institute
Prime anounces 124MW Data Center Campus in Denmark with 'Net-positive Environmental Impact'
News Prime anounces 124MW Data Center Campus in Denmark with 'Net-positive Environmental Impact' Datacenter Forum
Green Mountain completes expansion of Oslo data cente
News Green Mountain completes expansion of Oslo data cente Green Mountain Data Centre
Hyperco to built two new data centres in Helsinki
News Hyperco to built two new data centres in Helsinki Hyperco
Infosys announces proximity center in Sweden, expands footprint in Nordics
News Infosys announces proximity center in Sweden, expands footprint in Nordics Datacenter Forum
Filters

Topics

Specify search results.
Datacenter Forum
Datacenter Forum
ABOUT US

Creating valuable relations between all community members in the data center industry by offering news, knowledge, network opportunities and inspiration since 2014

More about us  |  Privacy policy

CONTACT US

 

Nygatan 17

54230 Mariestad

Sweden

 

info@datacenter-forum.com

Helsinki 2023 Copenhagen 2023 Reykjavik 2023 Stockholm 2023
SOCIAL