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ACF shut down: update

Paul Clark, EPCC's Director of HPC Systems, reviews the excellent progress made so far during the Advanced Computing Facility's first ever major shutdown.

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Review: EPCC at the Big Bang Fair 2025

The 2025 Big Bang Fair, the UK’s biggest free STEM fair for young people, was great fun yet again.

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Group photo showing some of the EPCC team at the Big Bang Fair 2025.

Green DiSC: reducing the environmental impact of digital and computational research

The Green DiSC scheme, which is pioneering sustainability in computational research, has awarded its first certifications.

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NetDRIVE: decarbonising research

Digital Research Infrastructure is essential to modern research.

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Preparing to power down the Advanced Computing Facility

We are preparing for a major shutdown of our ACF site for the first time ever. Paul Clark, EPCC Director of HPC Systems, explains what we are doing and why. 

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EPCC debuts at the Edinburgh Fringe

Kirsty Pringle made her Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut this year, combining research into air pollution with stand-up comedy.

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Innovation in AI technology: join our exclusive workshop on the Cerebras CS-3 

The Edinburgh International Data Facility’s Cerebras Service is a remarkable innovation in AI and computing. Register now to explore this service at our workshop on September 4, 2025. 

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Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom visits the ACF

On 14 August, EPCC hosted the Hon Stephen Smith, the Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, along with Andrew Sainsbury, Economic Counsellor, to the High Commission in the UK, at the A

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The Hon Stephen Smith, the Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, with Prof Mark Parsons, EPCC Director

Improving carbon awareness around HPC services

Various initiatives and projects exist to help researchers better understand the emissions arising from their research and identify actions to reduce their impact.

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Graph showing rising avergae global temperatures from 1850 to 2024.

Applications now open for the CIUK25 Cluster Challenge!

From three teams in the first competition to sixteen teams last year, the Challenge is proving to be so popular among University students that a qualifying round has been introduced.

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Montage promoting CIUK Cluster Challenge 2025