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AI Service Center Berlin Brandenburg#

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These pages are intended for external users and provide an overview of AISC services, resources, and processes. HPI users who want to use AISC resources can find the relevant information here

The AI Service Centre Berlin Brandenburg is a project at the Hasso Plattner Institute. Our goal is to foster the use of artificial intelligence in business and society.

We support German start-ups, companies, public institutions, students, and researchers in developing and using AI applications. To this end, we provide the necessary resources, training, and advice at no cost.

Datacenter
AISC Infrastructure at the HPI Data Center in Potsdam, Germany.

Funding#

The AI Service Centre Berlin Brandenburg is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space under the funding code “KI-Servicezentrum Berlin-Brandenburg” 16IS22092.

Funding Notice

By using our computing resources, you agree to include the following funding notice in all further publications:

  • DE: Das diesem Bericht zugrunde liegende Vorhaben wurde mit Mitteln des Bundesministeriums für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt unter dem Förderkennzeichen »KI-Servicezentrum Berlin-Brandenburg« 16IS22092 gefördert. Die Verantwortung für den Inhalt dieser Veröffentlichung liegt bei der Autorin/beim Autor.
  • EN: The project on which this report is based was funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space under the funding code “KI-Servicezentrum Berlin-Brandenburg” 16IS22092. Responsibility for the content of this publication remains with the author.

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Overview of the Infrastructure#

Performance Characteristics#

  • Total performance: 5.4 PFLOPS (FP32)
  • Main memory: 23.6 TiB
  • Number and type of GPUs: 114 (64 H100, 40 A30, 8 L40S, 2 L40)
  • Available storage: 1.5 PB
  • Number of nodes + interconnect: 15 nodes, Infiniband NDR 400Gbps

System Overview#

  • H100 Nodes: 8 nodes, each with 8 NVIDIA H100 (64 GPU)
  • A30 Nodes: 5 nodes, each with 8 NVIDIA A30 (40 GPU)
  • L40S (GPU Server): 8 NVIDIA L40S (8 GPU), AMD Epyc CPU
  • L40 (ARM server): 2 NVIDIA L40 (2 GPU), Ampere Altra Max 128-30 CPU, 2.8GHz
  • Edge simulation: NVIDIA Jetson AGX ARMv8 CPU
  • Storage: 1.5 PB VAST all-flash memory system

Feel free to reach out!

If you have any questions or need assistance, consolidate our FAQ or feel free to reach out:

For technical issues: aisc-helpdesk@hpi.de; For organizational issues: ki-servicezentrum@hpi.de

We look forward to supporting your AI projects!

  • Terms of Usage

    Information about the terms of usage for both SCI at HPI and AISC, such as Fair Use and Abuse Policies.

    → Terms of Usage

  • Using the Cluster

    Documentation about using the SLURM cluster at HPI.

    → Slurm Basics

  • FAQ

    Frequently Asked Questions about using AISC resources.

    → FAQ

  • Connecting to the VPN

    Documentation on how to connect to the Scientific Compute VPN in order to access AISC resources.

    → VPN Documentation

  • Infrastructure Portal

    Self-service portal to manage your AISC account, reset your password, and invite team members.

    → Infrastructure Portal

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