ITER promotes the ‘Anaga’ supercomputer, among the most powerful in the country

The island councilor for Innovation, Enrique Arriaga, highlights that “this supercomputer is not only at the service of science and research, but it can also be used by specialized companies that require large data storage and analysis speed” . He adds: «The objective is set in the audiovisual sector and the development of artificial intelligence».

Arriaga explains that ITER and the Cabildo itself are already holding meetings with universities, reference centers and large companies so that they can make use of these facilities. The supercomputer is a key part of the Innovation Master Plan, the backbone for creating a favorable ecosystem on the Island for the implementation and creation of innovative companies. Three fundamental lines will work: the audiovisual and video game sector, renewable energies and technology.

the official visit

The first vice president of the Cabildo also visited the facilities of this new equipment, located in the facilities of the D-ALiX Data Processing Center. He did it together with the CEO of ITER, Elena Rodríguez; the coordinator of the Engineering Area, Jesús Rodríguez Álamo, and the Lenovo representative, Noam Rosen. In Granadilla de Abona, terrestrial and submarine communication networks converge, in addition to providing ICT equipment hosting services to Canarian companies and institutions, with a high level of availability and connectivity.

Noam Rosen explains that it is a great opportunity for Lenovo to work hand in hand with ITER and that there are many possibilities to continue the collaboration on other projects. He states in this regard that “they are entities committed to sustainability, innovation and research.” He stresses that “Lenovo is highly committed to promoting research in different fields and advancing the path of human development.”

Jesús Álamo assures that «today (yesterday) a further step has been taken in the work carried out by ITER for ten years in supercomputing to support different centers and companies that, otherwise, would not have the capacity or speed to work, research, store or cross data; this would only be found in remote places and at a much higher cost ».

In this case, Álamo details, «a commitment is made to a technology that uses computer graphics cards and allows many simultaneous calculations to be made in virtual reality, augmented reality and, above all, artificial intelligence, which until now was not possible. with Teide”.

These types of systems drive a revolution worldwide, as the basis for most of the new developments in artificial intelligence. This computational capacity allows optimization of other types of computation, in different scientific fields, and is directly useful in the development of virtual and augmented reality applications. A field of great potential with the emergence of initiatives such as the metaverse.