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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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Supercomputer Olivia inside the Sigma2 data hall at Lefdal Mine Data Centers.

Meet Olivia!

Norway's most powerful supercomputer, Olivia, represents a significant advancement in Norwegian research across various fields, including climate, health, oceans, and artificial intelligence (AI).

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The First Projects Begin on Norway's New Supercomputer, Olivia

25.06.2025

The pilot projects, which include initiatives from SINTEF Energy, agritech company DigiFarm, and the University of Bergen, have been selected based on specific GPU tasks to be tested. Among other areas, these projects include climate modelling, language models, genome research, and chemical simulations, where machine learning plays a key role in analysing and interpreting large datasets.

Call for e-infrastructure resources

24.06.2025

The call for national e-infrastructure resources for the next allocation period is open. This call applies to the allocation period starting on 1 October 2025. We offer HPC, data storage and AI resources for research and education. The application deadline is Monday, 25 August 2025, so don’t miss the opportunity to secure resources for your projects.

Launching Norway's Largest Archive for Scientific Data

23.06.2025

A new generation of the NIRD Research Data Archive, Norway’s national archive for storing research data, has been launched. The new archive will be Norway’s largest and most comprehensive repository for scientific data, helping position Norway as a leader in open research and data sharing

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Fine-tuning LLMs with Multi-GPU Training

14. October 2025 - 16. October 2025

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Our latest research activities

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Mímir: Innovating Norwegian language models with copyright in AI

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Transforming power production planning, transmission and trading with HPC

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Understanding Antarctic Ice Shelf Melting

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