2CRSi wins European government high-performance computing contract featuring Submer liquid cooling technology.
2CRSi has been chosen by AIRBUS to provide very high-performance calculation servers for a European anti-crime agency. The project centers on the deployment of OCtoPus 1.8B servers, featuring 3,744 CPU Intel Xeon cores and more than 7.45 million NVIDIA CUDA cores. These OCP (Open Compute Project) servers have been specially designed to function in immersion cooling tanks developed by SUBMER TECHNOLOGIES.
The OCtoPus range, launched by 2CRSi in 2017, was designed to address datacenter energy requirements and ecological challenges. Compared to equivalent servers fitted with traditional cooling systems, OCtoPus servers achieve a reduction in energy consumption of more than 23%. Under the AIRBUS project, the combination of 2CRSi servers and SUBMER TECHNOLOGIES cooling systems delivers even greater savings through the elimination of air-conditioning, with servers immersed in a dielectric cooling liquid that is itself cooled through a water circuit.
Beyond the technological innovations of the submerged servers, several practical advantages proved decisive in securing the contract. The integration of 2CRSi and SUBMER products significantly simplified and accelerated installation, enabling the datacenter to be set up in just 3 months, compared to 1½ to 2 years for a traditional datacenter. The architecture also provided long-term cost control through the ability to replace computer components—CPU and GPU cards, memory, and others—while retaining feed and cooling modules as technological development advances.
The financial impact is substantial: operating costs for the servers at the end client will be reduced by more than 60%. Combined with the relatively limited investment budget, this represents achievement that is both economic and ecological. The customer is expected to become one of the Group's top 5 customers in 2019, with order billing scheduled before year-end.
Alain Wilmouth, Founder, Chairman and CEO, stated: "We are proud to have been chosen by an international security player whose requirements in terms of performance and reliability are clear. Once again, we have succeeded in making the difference through our innovative and competitive solutions. I would like to congratulate our teams who are at the heart of this new success, which further strengthens our commercial visibility internationally." 2CRSi, based in Strasbourg with subsidiaries in Manchester, Dubai, and San Jose in the Silicon Valley, provides innovative calculation, data storage, and data transfer solutions to over 200 clients in 25 countries. In 2018, the 2CRSi Group generated consolidated revenues of €65.2m.