Energy efficiency and operational costs in High Performance Computing

Acronym: EEC

Coordination: Prof. Dr. Julian Kunkel, NHR@Göttingen

Other researchers involved: Dr. Christian Boehme (NHR@Göttingen), Dr. René Caspart (NHR@KIT), Dr. Georg Hager (NHR@FAU), Dr. Thomas Steinke (NHR@ZIB), Dr. Christian Terboven (NHR4CES@RWTH), Dr. Sandra Wienke (NHR4CES@RWTH), Dr. A.W. (NHR4CES@TUDa)

Centers involved: NHR4CES@RWTH, NHR4CES@TUDa, NHR@FAU, NHR@Göttingen, NHR@KIT, NHR@TUD, NHR@ZIB

Motivation: The project aims to standardize the assessment of HPC energy consumption and provide guidelines for optimizing infrastructure, system software, and user software. By improving energy efficiency, it seeks to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) and minimize the ecological footprint of compute centers.

Goals and Methods: With rising energy costs and increasing computing demands, energy-efficient HPC operations are crucial. This project addresses the issue by optimizing HPC systems to lower costs and energy consumption, ensuring sustainable computing while meeting growing performance needs.

Innovations and perspectives: Focusing on energy efficiency in HPC, this project researches methods and KPIs under the NHR initiative. It aims to develop a standardized benchmark suite to assess energy use, establish an optimization baseline, and enhance HPC performance.

Projectduration: 24 months, start: Q4-2024