Voltaire gets supercomputer contract

Voltaire Ltd., a company with its US headquarters in Billerica, said today that its switches are included in a new supercomputer dedicated to environmental science research.

Voltaire, an Israeli provider of grid backbone solutions for data centers, said that the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will use its Grid Backbone switching solutions as part of a new high-performance computing system that aims to accelerate research discovery in environmental molecular sciences.

This represents a multimillion dollar deal for Voltaire, the company said without going into further detail in its press release about financial information.

According to Voltaire, the supercomputer at a Department of Energy facility in Washington state will be fully operational in September and it will be used for research projects related to bioremediation, energy production and environmental clean-up.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)