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The Preparations for Operation Working Group (POWG) is making significant strides to ensure that the Olivia supercomputer is ready for seamless research use by the autumn of next year. They now have got early access to NVIDIA GH200 nodes.

The Government has tasked the Research Council with studying the organisation of a potential national infrastructure for computing power for research, administration, and artificial intelligence.

The grant will benefit many disciplines, such as health, ocean, and climate research, and especially artificial intelligence (AI) research. The funding will co-finance a new national supercomputer and expansions in AI.

Major upgrade of NIRD Data Lake: We have upgraded the object storage on NIRD (the National e-Infrastructure for Research Data) to leverage the latest technology, delivering improved performance, strengthened security and streamlined administration.

This service seeks to replace previous methods of getting access to GUI-applications and desktop environments on our supercomputers. Now available on supercomputer Fram, and on Betzy and Saga during October.

Sigma2 is pleased to announce that Norway's next supercomputer now has its official name: Olivia. Olivia will play a significant role in developing artificial intelligence (AI), especially in developing and improving Norwegian language models.

The Research Council of Norway recommends investing 2.6 billion NOK in high-performance computing (HPC) for research and artificial intelligence over the next five years in a recently published report. The report evaluates the need for HPC and AI resources.

Despite facing some challenges, we are making good progress towards providing researchers in Norway with an improved archive for research data based on user feedback.

The call for national e-infrastructure resources for the next allocation period is open. We offer HPC, data storage and AI resources for research and education. The deadline is 29 August.

The contract is now signed. Kristin Ottestad, Sales Director at Hewlett-Packard Norway, and Gunnar Bøe, CEO of Sigma2, recently met in Lefdal Mine Datacenter to seal the deal.

We are happy to announce significant updates to our storage services. The updates bring improvements in several areas, from capacity and capabilities to performance and costs. New and existing projects can better tailor their storage services to specific needs.

The procurement competition to secure Norway's next supercomputer has now been conducted. This will be Norway's most powerful supercomputer ever and will give a significant boost to national AI research and innovation.

The survey aims to determine overall user satisfaction with the national e-infrastructure services and elicit feedback from our users. Once again, we are pleased to report that our users are satisfied with our services.

Starting today, Sigma2 is implementing two-factor authentication on SSH across our systems. Initially, this will be offered on the Fram and Saga resources.

Norwegian company DigiFarm uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) and supercomputers to streamline agriculture and prevent deforestation. Their AI model was recently tested LUMI, providing valuable data for farmers and agricultural authorities worldwide.

As we explore the key trends that shaped our organisation in 2023, one stands out: the rise in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). You'll find this theme reflected throughout the report.

At the end of last year, something crucial happened to speed up the Norwegian counterpart to ChatGPT being developed by the Language Technology Group (LTG) at the University of Oslo.

We are actively planning the acquisition of Norway's next supercomputer and aim to ensure sufficient HPC capacity for researchers in 2025-2029. This will be the first national supercomputer installed in our data hall inside the mountain at Lefdal Mine Datacenter.

As part of the ongoing renovations for the NIRD Research Data Archive, we have conducted a comprehensive review of our archiving services policies and terms.

We are happy to announce the launch of our new website. Our new setup is designed to be more user-friendly and intuitive, ensuring that our visitors can easily find the information they need.