NREL's Building-Integrated Supercomputer Provides Heating and Efficient Computing (Fact Sheet)

Program Document · Mon Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 2014

OSTI ID:1159347

NREL's Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) is meant to investigate new ways to integrate energy sources so they work together efficiently, and one of the key tools to that investigation, a new supercomputer, is itself a prime example of energy systems integration. NREL teamed with Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Intel to develop the innovative warm-water, liquid-cooled Peregrine supercomputer, which not only operates efficiently but also serves as the primary source of building heat for ESIF offices and laboratories. This innovative high-performance computer (HPC) can perform more than a quadrillion calculations per second as part of the world's most energy-efficient HPC data center.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Communications and Outreach
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1159347
• Report Number(s): NREL/FS-6A42-62864
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
BIG DATA
ENERGY SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
ENERGY SYSTEMS INTEGRATION FACILITY
ESIF
EVAPORATIVE COOLING
HEWLETT-PACKARD
HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING
HPC: INTEL
LABORATORY OF THE YEAR
LIQUID COOLING
PEREGRINE
PETAFLOP
R&D 100 AWARD
SUPERCOMPUTER
SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
WARM-WATER COOLING
WASTE HEAT REUSE