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“The supercomputer will also provide more computational
power for NIWA.s world-class environmental forecasting system,
EcoConnect. EcoConnect provides forecasts of climate and
weather-related information that are used by regional councils, energy
companies, port companies, and other customers to mitigate hazards to
their activities.”
According IBM, a recent survey by Green500.org
found that IBM supercomputers are the “most energy efficient in the
world,” and Moxon says NIWA.s new system will be cooled by an
innovative water system, which will reduce air-conditioning needs by 80
percent, in turn reducing typical energy consumption by 40 percent.
Moxon says the system includes using sea water from Evans Bay, which is
adjacent to NIWA.s facility in Wellington, which will save the
equivalent of 50 households of electricity.
The supercomputer will be available to scientists throughout New
Zealand through the Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network
(KAREN), and will also support NIWA.s crucial role in the
recently-announced Natural Hazards Research Platform, where different
research organisations work closely together to understand, model and
forecast natural hazards.
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