DP4 – Green High Performance Computing for Research Infrastructures
High Performance/Throughput Computing (HPC/HTC) centres have significant environmental impacts as facilities for processing and analysing huge amounts of data. This is mainly through carbon emissions and the consumption of energy during operation.
Overall objective: DP4 explores ways in which the carbon footprint of data-centres can be reduced and how smart control strategies and integration with grid-connected renewable energy sources can make HPC/HTC centres more energy-efficient and flexible.
Development of energy management strategies based on green data centres
Development of general approach to develop real time digital twins fro green HPC/HTC centres
Demonstrator project realization for green HPC/HTC centres at DESY
DP4
Specific objective:
Reduce the carbon footprint HPC/HTC centres by: aligning computing tasks with renewable energy availability; and smarter procurement and disposal policies of hardware to reduce embedded carbon.
Demonstrator set-up:
At DESY, a pilot HPC/HTC centre constructed through sustainable purchasing practices will be tested with dynamic control that increases computing resource provision when renewable energy is abundant and reduces it when relying on conventional sources.
Expected results:
- Lower overall carbon emissions for a fixed amount of computing work
- Lower energy consumption during high non-renewable grid energy production
- Transferable solutions for other HPC/HTC centres
- Exploration of impact of different hardware procurement and disposal policies
Research facility: DESY
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