IT PRO goes to HP’s supercomputer centre
We went inside HP's HPC centre in Grenoble to see why businesses might want to invest in supercomputing.


There are a total of 35 people working at the centre, managing the technology and setting up deals with organisations who want to take advantage of HPC.
Here's one of them opening up an HP SL6500 Scalable System:
As the HPC market heats up, businesses may want to explore whether the technology could put them a step ahead of the competition in the future.
And in the coming years, with exaflop computing on the horizon, the possibilities will only expand.
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