Pre-study for SICS national experimental facility for mega datacenter research
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| Coordinator | SICS SWEDISH ICT AB |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 500 000 |
| Project duration | November 2014 - June 2015 |
| Status | Completed |
Important results from the project
The objective with the pre-study was to evaluate the pre-conditions for a research facility for datacenter research, both in the form of technical possibilities and needs, as well as costs and possible stakeholders. The produced decision material contained research content, technical content, building spec, time plan, cost and financing.
Expected long term effects
The results from the project in the form of the great interest from companies and the many project proposals from researchers showed that a research and experimental facility is needed to support the development of a growing industry. The facility should be able to handle research, testing and demonstration of question in the full interval from building production, power and cooling to load balancing, software platforms and analytics algorithms.
Approach and implementation
The set-up to frst make a need analysis with companies and researchers and based on those results make a technical specification with drawings and solutions was successful. It gave the possibility to estimate the cost and interest for a good investment decision.