sigma2.no

Sigma2 AS operates Norway's national e-infrastructure: high-performance computing on national supercomputers (including Olivia and Norway's share of the LUMI system), data storage services such as NIRD Data Peak, NIRD Data Lake and Sensitive Data Services, and AI development services through the KI-fabrikken AI Factory.

Its users are mainly research communities, with access also offered to public administration and industry. The National Competence Centre for HPC helps small and medium-sized enterprises and public bodies get started, and offers free exploratory testing. Access to the core services is applied for twice a year or purchased, and the cost depends on the funding supporting a research project.

The company was established in 2015 as a state-owned limited company and is owned by Sikt, the Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research. It is funded by the Ministry of Education and Research through the Research Council of Norway, with contributions from the universities of Bergen, Oslo, Tromsø and NTNU, and works with them under the NRIS collaboration. Olivia is hosted at Lefdal Mine Data Centers on the west coast of Norway.

Product: High-performance computing, research data storage, cloud-style compute platforms, Sensitive Data Services and AI Factory services for Norwegian users