Eni has announced the launch of its new supercomputing system, HPC6, which has achieved a debut ranking of No. 5 on the latest TOP500 list of supercomputers, released on November 18, 2024.
HPC6 provides a significant increase in computational power to a peak of 606 PFlop/s, or over 600 quadrillion mathematical operations per second.
This is an excellent result that ranks HPC6 as the first supercomputer in Europe, the world’s first industrial-use supercomputer and the only non-US system among the top 5 in the world, Eni said on Tuesday.
The new system’s cutting-edge architecture combines CPUs and GPUs in a hybrid configuration, with over 3400 compute nodes and nearly 14,000 GPUs, optimizing both computational performance and energy efficiency.
The launch comes online with Eni’s decarbonization strategy to deliver value creation through the development of new businesses related to the energy transition.
Eni has been leveraging supercomputing to optimize industrial plant operations, enhance the accuracy of geological and fluid dynamics studies for CO2 storage, develop more efficient batteries, optimize the biofuel supply chain, and develop innovative materials for applications in biochemistry.
Eni has also used supercomputing to simulate plasma behavior in magnetic confinement fusion.
The Italian giant stated that HPC6 would further strengthens the relationship with its Satellite companies and will play a key role in building new partnerships.
“Innovation and the constant evolution of technologies are fundamental to maintaining and strengthening Eni’s leadership in the energy transition. Technological advancements allow us to use energy more efficiently by reducing emissions and promoting the development of new energy solutions,” said Eni’s CEO, Claudio Descalzi.
“We have integrated supercomputing throughout our entire business chain, transforming it into an indispensable lever for achieving Net Zero and creating value. Eni has developed a unique heritage of technological knowledge and programming that gives us a competitive advantage on the international stage and supports the speed of our transformation while simultaneously driving our growth,” Descalzi added.
HPC6 is installed in Eni’s Green Data Center, recognized as one of the most energy-efficient data centers in Europe, given its low carbon footprint.
