The project aimed to give Wales a supercomputing capacity and network at a scale not attempted anywhere else in the UK or Europe.
[1] It is being followed by another five-year, £15million programme of investment called Supercomputing Wales.
HPC Wales invested in state-of-the-art computing technology, infrastructure and facilities on a pan-Wales basis, high level skills development and training.
[1][2] The project is financially supported by:[3] Announced in December 2009 by then Welsh Secretary Peter Hain,[4] the project was formally launched in July 2010 by Deputy First Minister and Minister for the Economy and Transport, Ieuan Wyn Jones.
[1] Professor Ian Cluckie was Chair of HPC Wales's Procurement Committee, and Pro Vice Chancellor for Science and Engineering at Swansea University.