NCAR’s supercomputer being installed

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The facility-testing phase at the new National Center for Atmospheric Research-Wyoming Supercomputing Center in Cheyenne is complete. Now it’s time to give the building its brain power: 1,368 highly efficient servers worth $25 million.

The 19 server racks for Yellowstone, the name given to the IBM-fabricated supercomputer, began arriving at the facility last week. Workers have started maneuvering the racks, which will comprise the server cluster, into the supercomputer room called Module B.

With the arrival of IBM’s ultra-efficient iDataPlex processors, and the networks operation center already online, the building is starting to come alive.

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