European aerospace giant Airbus has deployed new supercomputing infrastructure across two sites to help its engineers accelerate the development of future aircraft.
The supercomputing infrastructure has been supplied by French high-performance computing (HPC) provider Bull. The contract covers the installation of supercomputers and their respective data centres across two sites. The first was delivered to Airbus’ site in Toulouse, France, in 2025 and the more recent was delivered to its site in Hamburg, Germany.
According to Bull, this latest delivery paves the way for the inauguration of a fully operational, multi-site supercomputing infrastructure. This upgrade to Airbus’ existing HPC infrastructure will provide the aerospace giant with a “more powerful and flexible solution”, Bull said.
Rather than purchasing the systems outright, the infrastructure is being supplied and supported through a HPC-as-a-service model, with Airbus effectively leasing the systems under a multi-year contract...