VUB to host new Flemish Tier-1 supercomputer on Green Energy Park site

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The Vrije Universiteit Brussel is delighted that the next Tier-1 supercomputer of the Flemish Supercomputer Centre (VSC) will be hosted and managed by VUB at the Nexus data centre on its Green Energy Park site in Zellik. The supercomputer represents an investment of ¤12 million and will be operational in autumn 2025. The Nexus data centre is being built on the Zellik research park and will house the data centre of VUB and UZ Brussel, among others. It will be the greenest and highest-performing data centre in Belgium and aligns with VUB’s ambitions to develop the site into a fully fledged innovation campus.

"Supercomputers are strategically important for Flanders," says Jo Brouns, Flemish minister for Science Policy and Innovation. ...
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