About Project

The HPC PERUN Project represents a strategic initiative aimed at building a modern next-generation computing infrastructure.
Project Title: Development and Construction of a Supercomputer for the National Supercomputing Centre

Project Number: 17I03-04-P03-00001

Direct Call Title: Direct Call for the Implementation of the Project “Development and Construction of a Supercomputer for the National Supercomputing Centre”

Direct Call Code: 17I03-04-P03

Project Implementation Period: 10/2024 – 12/2025

Total Eligible Costs: €20,907,615.81

Component: Component 17 of the Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Slovak Republic: Digital Slovakia (mobile government, cybersecurity, high-speed internet for everyone, digital economy)

Investment: 3 – Participation in Cross-border European “Multi-Country Projects” Aimed at Building a Digital Economy

Implementing Body: Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic (MIRRI SR)

Beneficiary: Technical University of Košice, a public university under Act No. 131/2002 Coll. on Higher Education and on Amendments and Supplements to Certain Acts, as amended

Project Objective: The main objective of the project is the development and construction of a supercomputer for the National Supercomputing Centre at the data center site of the Technical University of Košice.
The objective will be achieved through the following activities:

• Procurement and commissioning of a publicly accessible national high-performance computing infrastructure that will serve not only the academic community but also public and state administration institutions, as well as private research and development.
• Interconnection of two parts of the supercomputer located at two sites into a single common cluster, followed by testing.
• Active support for the adoption of solutions based on high-performance computing (HPC) systems, i.e., development of the HPC ecosystem.

Purpose: The purpose of the project is to build the second supercomputer cluster (the first one is being built within the project of the Slovak Academy of Sciences' Joint Activities Center in Bratislava) and create a comprehensive cluster-based HPC system. This includes the development of redundant technologies with additional computing power and the expansion of the ecosystem into modern HPC areas, with a focus on artificial intelligence and quantum simulators. The ecosystem building process will also involve cooperation with relevant universities and leading experts from the academic community.

The project began in 2024, with the first phase focusing on the design of the supercomputer architecture, the selection of computing components, and the tuning of technical parameters to achieve high performance, reliability, and energy efficiency.

In the outdoor areas of the Institute, STULZ cooling units (chillers) and a 900 kVA CGM motor generator were installed, providing a backup power source for the entire HPC system.

Starting on 8 September 2025, the installation of the supercomputer and related technologies was carried out by HPE, EVIDEN, CISCO, and NetApp — global leaders in high-performance computing and data storage technologies.