NOAA Launches Twin Supercomputers, Tripling Operational Forecasting Capacity

In February 2020, the United States’ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that it would be procuring two HPE Cray systems, allowing the organization to triple its operational supercomputing capacity for weather and climate applications. Now, those efforts have come to fruition: NOAA has inaugurated the two systems, which are named Cactus and Dogwood.