Eni launches new supercomputer HPC6

Eni announces the completion and launch of a new supercomputing system (High Performance Computing - HPC) HPC6. The system has achieved a debut ranking of No.5. in the new TOP500’s list (released on November 18, 2024) of super computers. This is an excellent result that ranks HPC6 as first supercomputer in Europe, the world’s first industrial-use supercomputer and the only non-US system among the top 5 in the world.

For years, Eni has been leveraging supercomputing to optimize industrial plant operations, enhance the accuracy of geological and fluid dynamics studies for CO2 storage, develop more efficient batteries, optimize the biofuel supply chain, and develop innovative materials for applications in biochemistry. Eni has also used supercomputing to simulate plasma behavior in magnetic confinement fusion. HPC6’s significant computing power will continue the acceleration of Eni’s transformation process, enabling the identification of innovative, scalable, and economically sustainable solutions, and accelerating the development of new, high-potential businesses related to the energy transition.

The availability of a high computing power, such as HPC6, further strengthens the relationship between Eni and its Satellite companies and will play a key role in building new partnerships. Eni has always placed technology and innovation at the center of its strategy. It was one of the first companies in the world to invest in high-performance computing for industrial use. In recent years, the company has increasingly applied its research in computing across its work in the energy transition.




Specifically, Eni’s new HPC system delivers a significant increase from the 70 PFlop/s of HPC4 and HPC5 to over 600 peak PFlop/s of HPC6, representing an increase in computing capacity of an order of magnitude. Based on cutting-edge architecture similar to the most powerful systems worldwide, HPC6 combines CPUs and GPUs in a hybrid configuration, with over 3400 compute nodes and nearly 14,000 GPUs, optimizing both computational performance and energy efficiency.

HPC6 is installed in a dedicated area within Eni's Green Data Center, one of the most energy-efficient data centers in Europe among the best for its low carbon footprint. From its start the primary objectives have been operational efficiency and the minimization of environmental impact, placing sustainability at the core of its mission. This goal has been achieved through the implementation of a new liquid cooling system, which can improve energy efficiency by optimizing the absorption of heat generated by the new machine. Eni's Green Data Center enables the company to combine skills, technologies, and diverse business lines to support the energy transition, operating as a globally advanced energy center in Ferrera Erbognone, near Milan.