Description
The current energy crisis has an impact on all areas of life and thus also on the Research Infrastructures and e-Infrastructures. RIs and e-Infrastructures are recognised as critical infrastructures, because research and innovation ecosystems are more and more linked with societal challenges, local economies and the citizens, and are also enablers for development and economic growth. Nevertheless the increasing costs for maintenance and operation need to be addressed. The following questions will be addressed in this session:
* What is / are the main risks from the energy crises and corresponding cases for e-Infrastructures?
* How can the awareness about the risk case be raised? (and at what level?)
* Which entity is deciding about the financial flows towards the e-Infrastructures?
* What is the logic behind such decisions?
* About the role of the Funders: what is more important for their decisions:
the possible lack of energy
the inflation
** the fragmentation of the many e-Infrastructures servers?
* Is “securing operations” the priority number 1 issue or are there priorities?
* What can we learn from commercial providers of e-Infrastructures (and related services)? Do we need a dialogue with them? (lessons learned dialogue)
* What could be the recommendations about efficiency?
* How strong is the impact of the “Energy crisis and its impact on e-Infrastructures” on the research processes?
* How much energy do the e-Infrastructures consume?
The presentation discusses the effects of energy cost and inflation on OPEX and CAPEX of e-Infrastructures and makes suggestions on the challenges raised.
Ülar Allas: There are three major HPC service providers in Estonia. The energy crisis affects the operation of HPC centers, making it more expensive. The presentation provides an overview of how Estonian HPC centers cope in difficult times.
Presentation gives a short overview of the situation in Czech e-Infrastructure and outlines interesting challenges and opportunities for the infrastructure provider.
Moving on from the pandemic, the RIs find themselves in a difficult situation, facing delays from the pandemic, increased inflation and energy prices at extreme levels. It is unlikely that governments in the short term will be able to compensate the large increase in costs. This causes the RIs to once again adapt to a new situation, which can be tackled in different ways and in which the...
