Earth Sciences Minister Kiren Rijiju expresses frustration over delayed $100 million supercomputer delivery by French firm Atos
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- •Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister for Earth Sciences, has expressed strong dissatisfaction over delays by Atos in delivering two $100 million supercomputers ordered from its subsidiary Eviden.
- •The systems, intended for NCMRWF and IITM, were supposed to be delivered by December but have faced delays due to financial issues at Atos and contractual disagreements over payment terms.
- •India aims to increase its supercomputing capacity from 4 petaflops to 18 petaflops through this acquisition; the new systems will provide up to 21.3 petaflops combined.
- •Rijiju has insisted that payments will only be made to Eviden as per the MoU, and has sought intervention from the French government to resolve the stalemate.
Union Minister for Earth Sciences, Kiren Rijiju, has publicly expressed his dissatisfaction with French IT giant Atos over significant delays in the delivery of two high-performance supercomputers worth $100 million. The systems were ordered from Eviden, a subsidiary of Atos, last year to upgrade computing infrastructure at premier Indian meteorological institutions. Speaking to PTI in a video interview, Rijiju stated that the original target for delivery was December, but the timeline has been significantly overshot, causing operational and strategic concerns.
