“High-performance computing is helping us push boundaries, accelerate breakthroughs, and bring science to life—faster, smarter, more sustainably, and with greater purpose. Together with our partners Lenovo and Equinix we’re building more than a platform—we’re unlocking the power of discovery.”
At-a-Glance
- Customer: Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
- Industry: Cross-Industry
- Product Family: Servers,Storage,Networking
- Region: Europe
- Processor: AMD,Intel,NVIDIA
- Topic: Big Data and Analytics,Data Management,High Performance Computing,IT Transformation ,Industry-specific Solutions
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany sparks new discoveries faster in life sciences, healthcare, and electronics with Lenovo HPC solutions
Leading global science and technology company Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany combines three specialized, innovation-driven businesses: life sciences, healthcare, and electronics. To stay at the leading edge of all its fields, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany engaged Lenovo to design, deliver, and deploy a high-performance computing (HPC) environment based on Lenovo Neptune® liquid cooling. The company decided to co-locate the new HPC environment with Equinix, a world-leading digital infrastructure company with a strong presence in the German market. Equinix enables the cluster in one of their AI-ready data centers with advanced liquid cooling systems. The powerful, energy-efficient new cluster delivers high performance for a wide range of workloads, helping researchers make breakthroughs faster.
Customer Problem
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany decided to build a central HPC platform that would support all three of its businesses: life sciences, healthcare, and electronics.
Lenovo Solution
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany deployed a factory-integrated and tested solution based on Lenovo ThinkSystem SD665 V3 and Lenovo ThinkSystem SR780a V3 servers with Lenovo Neptune liquid cooling, delivering high-density and ultra-energy-efficient compute power.
Business Impact
The company empowers its researchers to drive ever-more demanding research workloads, helping to bring forward discoveries and address today’s toughest challenges while improving sustainability.
“By leveraging advanced technologies, supported by our partners Lenovo and Equinix, we can get closer to delivering on our vision of sparking discovery and elevating humanity.”
Laura Matz, Chief Science & Technology Officer, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Results
- · High-density HPC footprint
- · Ultra-efficient water cooling
- · End-to-end management and monitoring
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