The Met Office is working with Microsoft to build a weather forecasting supercomputer in the UK.
They say it will provide more accurate weather forecasting and a better understanding of climate change.It is expected to be one of the top 25 supercomputers in the world when it is up and running in the summer of 2022. Microsoft plans to update it over the next decade as computing improves. "This partnership is an impressive public investment in the basic and applied sciences of weather and climate," said Morgan O'Neill, assistant professor at Stanford University, who is independent of the project.
"Such a major investment in a state-of-the-art weather and climate prediction system by the UK is great news globally, and I look forward to the scientific advances that will follow." The Met Office said the technology would increase their understanding of the weather - and will allow people to better plan activities, prepare for inclement weather and get a better understanding of climate change.run more potential weather scenarios
A total waste of time like their last 'super' computer.
A gift to the Qanonites.
Another one? And still they will not be able to predict the weather beyond 5 days. Maybe they think we can then control the weather (or is it climate?) 😭 WasteOfMoney
Not really, though. The processing power will come from HPE Cray supercomputers. Microsoft are doing the systems integration work. They aren't 'building' a supercomputer, because the hardware already exists.