How will the NWSC’s energy efficiency compare to NCAR’s current supercomputing center?
While the Mesa Lab’s supercomputing center is highly efficient, with a PUE index of 1.55:1, it cannot compare to a newly designed facility. The NWSC supercomputer is expected to be about 20 times more powerful than the Mesa Lab supercomputers while requiring only about three times more power. Put another way, the NWSC will be four times as efficient as the Mesa Lab. Over time, the greater efficiency is likely to become even more pronounced as vendors design increasingly efficient supercomputers.
