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National e-infrastructure services

Sigma2 AS is responsible for providing the national e-infrastructure for computational science in Norway, and offers services in high-performance computing (supercomputing) and large-scale data storage for research and educational purposes.

The Universities of Bergen, Oslo, Tromsø, and collaborate with Sigma2 on operating the national services. This collaboration goes by the name NRIS (Norwegian research infrastructure services).

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Norway's most powerful supercomputer

Olivia is set to transform AI and data-driven research. On 17 June 2025, Olivia will be inaugurated in Lefdal Mine Data Centers.

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Latest news

LUMI AI Factory empowering European startups and SMEs to unlock AI’s full potential

02.04.2025

We are proud to be one of the partners in the new LUMI AI Factory consortium. Through Sigma2, Norway will invest 215 million NOK in the LUMI-AI system to ensure Norwegian researchers have sufficient resources to build upon their success with the current LUMI supercomputer and support the Norwegian government's digitalisation strategy.

Norway's most powerful supercomputer has arrived in Nordfjordeid

01.04.2025

The installation phase begins immediately, followed by a testing phase before Norwegian researchers gain access to the technological giant. With 304 of the most advanced GPUs on the market, Olivia will significantly boost national research and innovation in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.

Preparations are underway for installing the VLQ quantum computer

27.03.2025

Preparations are underway at IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Components of the cutting-edge system, developed within the LUMI-Q consortium, have arrived, including the cryostat.

Upcoming events

NRIS: Advanced shell scripts and utitilies: Part 2

NRIS Talks: A Sneak Peak into Olivia's Best Practices Guide

NRIS: Apptainers on HPC: Use-cases and Examples

Our latest research activities

Ice shelfs in the Antarctics.

Understanding Antarctic Ice Shelf Melting

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A sattelite monitors a weather system on Earth below.

BIGG: Advancing Real-Time Space Weather Forecasting

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A model of the BRIS model.

Bris: A High-Resolution Data-Driven Weather Forecasting Model

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