High-per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting (HPC) is now indis\u00adpensable in many sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic fields, such as phar\u00admaceu\u00adti\u00adcal rese\u00adarch and cli\u00admate rese\u00adarch. Howe\u00adver, data cen\u00adtres equip\u00adped with highly energy-inten\u00adsive super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adters gene\u00adrate signi\u00adfi\u00adcant CO\u2082 emis\u00adsi\u00adons. \u2018Energy-opti\u00admi\u00adsed super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter net\u00adworks through the use of wind energy\u2019 (ESN4NW): this title refers to a new, nati\u00adon\u00adwide col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtive pro\u00adject led by the SICP (Soft\u00adware Inno\u00adva\u00adtion Cam\u00adpus Pader\u00adborn) at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsity of Pader\u00adborn. In col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtion with West\u00adfa\u00adlen\u00adWIND IT, a SICP mem\u00adber com\u00adpany, and its brand wind\u00adCORES, the idea arose to deve\u00adlop a new HPC infra\u00adstruc\u00adture based on a sus\u00adtainable con\u00adcept. The Fede\u00adral Minis\u00adtry of Edu\u00adca\u00adtion and Rese\u00adarch (BMBF) is now fun\u00adding the pro\u00adject with around 2.5 mil\u00adlion euros over the next three years. The con\u00adsor\u00adtium also includes the Uni\u00adver\u00adsity of Pas\u00adsau, the Fraun\u00adho\u00adfer Insti\u00adtute for Relia\u00adbi\u00adlity and Micro\u00adin\u00adte\u00adgra\u00adtion (IZM), and the com\u00adpa\u00adnies Aix\u00adpert\u00adSoft GmbH, Rit\u00adtal, Atos Ger\u00admany and Zattoo. <\/p>\n
Pro\u00advi\u00adding cli\u00admate-neu\u00adtral power to data centres<\/strong><\/p>\n Tog\u00ade\u00adther, the pro\u00adject part\u00adners are rese\u00adar\u00adching and demons\u00adt\u00adra\u00adting the poten\u00adtial of so-cal\u00adled \u2018wind\u00adCORES\u2019. These are wind tur\u00adbi\u00adnes that house data cen\u00adtres within their towers and sup\u00adply them with on-site wind-gene\u00adra\u00adted elec\u00adtri\u00adcity in a vir\u00adtually cli\u00admate-neu\u00adtral man\u00adner. The aim of the pro\u00adject is to deve\u00adlop the infra\u00adstruc\u00adture and ope\u00adra\u00adtio\u00adnal manage\u00adment of an HPC clus\u00adter within seve\u00adral wind tur\u00adbi\u00adnes. The direct, locally available rene\u00adwa\u00adble energy is to be inte\u00adgra\u00adted into the ope\u00adra\u00adtio\u00adnal manage\u00adment sys\u00adtem in order to make maxi\u00admum use of it. In addi\u00adtion, the waste heat gene\u00adra\u00adted is also to be taken into account as a limi\u00adting factor. <\/p>\n To demons\u00adtrate this, an alter\u00adna\u00adtive archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adral approach \u2013 one that goes bey\u00adond the cur\u00adrent state of the art \u2013 is to be pur\u00adsued and imple\u00admen\u00adted. The pro\u00adject part\u00adners are deve\u00adlo\u00adping an infra\u00adstruc\u00adture which, through inten\u00adsive data uti\u00adli\u00adsa\u00adtion and arti\u00adfi\u00adcial intel\u00adli\u00adgence (AI) methods, con\u00adti\u00adnuously adjusts the com\u00adpu\u00adting power of the decen\u00adtra\u00adli\u00adsed HPC clus\u00adter via an ope\u00adra\u00adtio\u00adnal plat\u00adform. The clus\u00adter is spread across seve\u00adral wind tur\u00adbi\u00adnes and must make opti\u00admum use of the fluc\u00adtua\u00adting energy avai\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adlity. Fur\u00adther\u00admore, the pro\u00adject is inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adting the impact of dif\u00adfe\u00adrent archi\u00adtec\u00adtures and ope\u00adra\u00adtio\u00adnal stra\u00adte\u00adgies on the sus\u00adtaina\u00adbi\u00adlity assess\u00adment of the tar\u00adget sys\u00adtem. AI-sup\u00adported ope\u00adra\u00adtio\u00adnal manage\u00adment requi\u00adres beha\u00adviou\u00adral and pre\u00addic\u00adtive models for the infra\u00adstruc\u00adture and the local energy grid, which are not yet available. \u201cThe sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic and tech\u00adni\u00adcal chal\u00adlenges of the pro\u00adject lie, amongst other things, in the inten\u00adsive coll\u00adec\u00adtion and uti\u00adli\u00adsa\u00adtion of data (energy grid & infra\u00adstruc\u00adture), in the inte\u00adgra\u00adtion of arti\u00adfi\u00adcial intel\u00adli\u00adgence into con\u00adtrol loops, and in the sys\u00adte\u00adma\u00adtic con\u00adso\u00adli\u00adda\u00adtion of all models using a digi\u00adtal twin,\u201d explains Dr Gun\u00adnar Scho\u00adma\u00adker, Mana\u00adger at SICP. \u201cThe focus is on pre\u00addic\u00adtions regar\u00adding wea\u00adther-depen\u00addent local energy avai\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adlity, as well as pre\u00adcise beha\u00adviou\u00adral models of all inter\u00adac\u00adting sys\u00adtems in terms of their power con\u00adsump\u00adtion and heat dis\u00adsi\u00adpa\u00adtion,\u201d Scho\u00adma\u00adker continues. <\/p>\n An inno\u00adva\u00adtive con\u00adcept with intel\u00adli\u00adgent circuitry<\/strong><\/p>\n A distinc\u00adtive fea\u00adture and inno\u00adva\u00adtion of the pro\u00adject is that the tower of a wind tur\u00adbine is incor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adted as a poten\u00adtial heat sink when no heat sink is available or when the exis\u00adting one does not curr\u00adently require the waste heat. The tower can then absorb the waste heat from the IT sys\u00adtems and cool it down. This func\u00adtion, tog\u00ade\u00adther with energy avai\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adlity, is to be used as a gui\u00adding prin\u00adci\u00adple for the ope\u00adra\u00adtion of the HPC clus\u00adter. In prac\u00adti\u00adcal terms, this means that the sys\u00adtem only runs when rene\u00adwa\u00adble energy is available and waste heat can be dis\u00adsi\u00adpa\u00adted in a vir\u00adtually car\u00adbon-neu\u00adtral man\u00adner. Initi\u00adally, the pro\u00adject will focus on tech\u00adni\u00adcal and eco\u00adno\u00admic fea\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adlity, the func\u00adtional and edu\u00adca\u00adtio\u00adnal demons\u00adtra\u00adtion of ope\u00adra\u00adtio\u00adnal manage\u00adment, and the sus\u00adtaina\u00adbi\u00adlity assess\u00adment of the sys\u00adtem over its exten\u00added life cycle. Howe\u00adver, the inten\u00added results are inten\u00added to be trans\u00adfera\u00adble not only to wind tur\u00adbi\u00adnes but also to other HPC sys\u00adtems with waste heat gene\u00adra\u00adtors and waste heat users. <\/p>\n \u201cThe pro\u00adject spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adcally addres\u00adses the chal\u00adlenges posed by the energy tran\u00adsi\u00adtion and digi\u00adta\u00adli\u00adsa\u00adtion. We want to demons\u00adtrate that the rising energy demand dri\u00adven by digi\u00adta\u00adli\u00adsa\u00adtion does not pre\u00adsent an insur\u00admoun\u00adta\u00adble obs\u00adta\u00adcle to grea\u00adter sus\u00adtaina\u00adbi\u00adlity, and that these growth requi\u00adre\u00adments can be met fle\u00adxi\u00adbly \u2013 both in terms of time and loca\u00adtion \u2013 through rene\u00adwa\u00adble energy,\u201d says Dr Fiete Dub\u00adberke, Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor of West\u00adfa\u00adlen\u00adWIND IT, describ\u00ading the project\u2019s objec\u00adti\u00adves. \u201cIn doing so, we are asking our\u00adsel\u00adves the fol\u00adlo\u00adwing ques\u00adti\u00adons: How can we manage waste heat from a wide variety of indus\u00adtrial sec\u00adtors \u2013 in other words, how can we uti\u00adlise it? Which sys\u00adtems com\u00adpri\u00adsing gene\u00adra\u00adtors and con\u00adsu\u00admers should be sen\u00adsi\u00adbly lin\u00adked, and which tasks can be hand\u00adled by arti\u00adfi\u00adcial intel\u00adli\u00adgence methods?\u201d, explains Scho\u00adma\u00adker. The \u201cwind\u00adCORES\u201d con\u00adcept, which won the \u201cGer\u00adman Data Centre Award\u201d, has alre\u00adady demons\u00adtra\u00adted that inte\u00adgra\u00adting a wind tur\u00adbine with a data centre can be imple\u00admen\u00adted suc\u00adcessfully from an eco\u00adno\u00admic perspective. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" High-per\u00ad\u00adfor\u00ad\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting (HPC) is now indis\u00adpensable in many sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic fields, such as phar\u00admaceu\u00adti\u00adcal rese\u00adarch and cli\u00admate rese\u00adarch. 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