Don’t you just hate it when, just as you’ve thought you’ve finished some work, to discover a problem with it. As you’re about to push it out the door you end up spending the weekend having to fix it. Not that it would even happen to me you understand. There’s no way I’d have to delay getting my kids’ bedroom ready because I was working over the weekend 😁 (the radiator is up on the wall at least).

This week was a bit quieter in HPC than last, but I guess that’s not saying much! We seem to have a bit of noise around improved liquid cooling; Google gave us a way to spin up VMs when they become available which seems nice if you’re stuck waiting for the latest GPU I guess.

I’ll be in Barcelona this week attempting my best to level up to being an HPC Leader :D Give me a shout if you’re around and want to grab a coffee. More importantly though, if you didn’t already know, Barcelona Supercomputing Centre is in a 19^th century church. I love the juxtaposition.

Image is from IBM Research / BSC under creative commons

In The News

Updates from the big three clouds on all things HPC.

HPC Cloud Updates WE 28 Sep 2025

Updates to AWS, Azure & GCP in the last week relevant for HPC practitioners. Google give you a way to spin up VMs when they become available, AWS Compute Optimizer gets a bit better and Azure Cycle Cloud plays nicely with Hammerspace.

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The next step in liquid cooling?

Microsoft And Corintis Champion Microfluidics Cooling Pioneered By IBM

It is a now well-known fact in the datacenters of the world, which are trying to cram ten pounds of power usage into a five pound bit barn bag, that

The Next PlatformTimothy Prickett Morgan

What’s HPC as a market segment really worth these days?

The Global HPC and AI Market, By the Numbers

SC25 is less than two months away, which means it’s a good time to take a look at the market for HPC systems and solutions. Since AI is the driving […]

HPCwireAlex Woodie

HPC on 2nm chips from TSMC

HPC Customers Flock to TSMC and Its 2nm Process

As the AI data center buildout continues, chipmakers are lining up to use TSMC’s new 2 nanometer manufacturing process, which the company says will go into production soon. Among the […]

HPCwireAlex Woodie

From HMx Labs

HPC Club in Bristol worked out rather nicely with Simon McIntosh-Smith presenting how Isambard-AI was brought to life

Isambard-AI at HPC Club

That’s a wrap. Another successful HPC Club even on the roster with an engaging presentation by Simon McIntosh-Smith about Isambard-AI

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