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Interior of the NHR@FAU data centre at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, showing server racks with green and yellow indicator lights from brands including Vertiv and Megware, in a dimly lit machine room.

NHR@FAU

Erlangen-Nürnberg

Focus areas of NHR@FAU include atomistic simulations in all fields of science, performance engineering for CPUs/GPUs, hardware-efficient sparse linear algebra, and AI/ML research

CPU Cores: 161.632 GPUs: 536
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NHR@Göttingen

Göttingen

NHR@Göttingen is an HPC center specializing in digital humanities, AI & big data, life sciences, and quantum computing. Its focus is on data-intensive applications, maximum usability and the highest level of data security.

CPU Cores: 136.320 GPUs: 168
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NHR@KIT

Karlsruhe

NHR@KIT covers Earth System Science, particle/astroparticle physics, energy & mobility engineering, and materials science, with expertise in research software engineering and secure, energy efficient HPC operations.

CPU Cores: 46.360 GPUs: 808
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NHR@SW

Mainz, Frankfurt, Saarbrücken, Kaiserslautern-Landau

NHR@SW brings together four universities to provide cutting-edge HPC systems, expert support, and AI- and quantum-driven methods for tackling complex computational and data-intensive research challenges.

CPU Cores: 95.040 GPUs: 936
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NHR@TUD

Dresden

NHR@TUD promotes efficient use of HPC resources and offers tools, consulting, and training, focusing on data analytics, AI, and performance optimization, especially in Life and Earth System Sciences.

CPU Cores: 96.896 GPUs: 416
Interior of the ZIB (Zuse Institute Berlin) data centre, showing a long corridor of black server racks with yellow safety markings. The front rack features a portrait of Lise Meitner with her name written in script.

NHR@ZIB

Berlin

NHR@ZIB advances computationally intensive research by providing access to powerful HPC systems, collaborative expert support, and AI-ready infrastructure for a broad range of scientific disciplines.

CPU Cores: 128.448 GPUs: 256
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NHR4CES@RWTH, in collaboration with NHR4CES@TUDa, focuses on providing hardware and scientific support, particularly for engineering applications and their interface with materials and the life sciences.

CPU Cores: 120.192 GPUs: 148
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NHR4CES@TUDa

Darmstadt

NHR4CES@TUDa, in collaboration with NHR4CES@RWTH, focuses on providing hardware and scientific support, particularly for engineering applications and their interface with materials and the life sciences.

CPU Cores: 120.888 GPUs: 100
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PC²

Paderborn

The PC2 support team is highly qualified across multiple fields, including solid-state physics, materials science, chemistry, optoelectronics/photonics/quantum computing, FPGA/GPU development, and scientific ML/AI.

CPU Cores: 201.344 GPUs: 176