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Durham University Implements CoolIT's Direct Liquid Cooling Technology in the Cosmology Machine-8 Supercomputer

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Friday, October 13, 2023

CALGARY, AB and DURHAM, United Kingdom, Oct. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Institute for Computational Cosmology (ICC) at Durham University has officially inaugurated the Cosmology Machine-8 (COSMA-8) supercomputer on Friday, 13th October. This remarkable infrastructure, part of the National Infrastructure DiRAC facility (DiRAC) https://dirac.ac.uk/ incorporates CoolIT's state-of-the-art Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC) technology, making it one of the largest supercomputers in the UK committed to pioneering scientific exploration.

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  • CALGARY, AB and DURHAM, United Kingdom, Oct. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Institute for Computational Cosmology (ICC) at Durham University has officially inaugurated the Cosmology Machine-8 (COSMA-8) supercomputer on Friday, 13th October.
  • This remarkable infrastructure, part of the National Infrastructure DiRAC facility (DiRAC) https://dirac.ac.uk/ incorporates CoolIT's state-of-the-art Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC) technology, making it one of the largest supercomputers in the UK committed to pioneering scientific exploration.
  • Hosted by the Institute for Computational Cosmology at Durham University on behalf of the DiRAC HPC facility, COSMA 8 is set to take center stage as part of the DiRAC Memory Intensive service.
  • Dominik Dziarczykowski, CoolIT's Global Channel Sales Manager, expressed, "Collaborating with Durham University and DiRAC on the COSMA-8 project exemplifies the efficiency, scalability, and transformative potential of Direct Liquid Cooling.