CPCA - High Performance Computing & AI Feasibility Study.

Post-pandemic, it has never been more important for Cambridge to be leading the way in AI, innovation, technological developments and drug discovery. However, supercomputing, the foundational building block for further growth, requires reliable and abundant sources of power. There are currently an estimated 40 trillion gigabytes (40 zetabytes) of data in the world due, in part, to machines signing on to networks and the Internet - and this figure is set to continue doubling every two years. With the imminent arrival of exascale computing (some 1,000 times faster and more powerful than the petascale), Cambridge's unique and highly skilled ecosystem urgently requires a specific HPC roadmap to…