NORDUnet Partners in Building EuroHPC Federation Platform
NORDUnet is proud to be part of the CSC-led consortium awarded the contract to deliver and operate the EuroHPC Federation Platform (EFP). This initiative, commissioned by the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU), will integrate Europe’s supercomputing, quantum computing, and data resources into a unified, scalable, and secure environment. Enhancing Federated Infrastructure Across Europe […]
NORDUnet Community Workshop 2025
9–11 September 2025, Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers, Copenhagen After a busy and exciting 2024, it’s time to prepare for the next chapter: the NORDUnet Community Workshop 2025 (NCW2025)! NCW2025 is the premier gathering for the Nordic NREN communities—a space to exchange knowledge, spark collaboration, and build connections. Building on the success of NCW2023, we’re excited […]
e-AGE 2024: A Milestone for Regional Collaboration and Research Infrastructure
The e-AGE 2024 conference, the annual gathering of the Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN), has kicked off in Tunis, Tunisia. The event brings together academic and policy leaders from North Africa, the Arab region, and the European Union to explore the critical role of advanced infrastructure for research and education. The conference was […]
SIG-AI Meeting Showcases AI Potential for NRENs
Today the inaugural meeting of the Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence for NRENs (SIG-AI) was held in Poznań, Poland, hosten by Polish NREN PSNC. SIG-AI has been created to allow European Research and Education Networks (NRENs) to come together and share experience and emerging best practices in the application of AI tools in NREN […]
Stronger digital ties across the Atlantic
Dutch, Nordic, and Canadian research and education networks upgrade their trans-Atlantic link to 400 Gigabits per second (Gbps) as part of the Advanced North Atlantic (ANA) consortium. The research and education network organizations of the Netherlands, the Nordic countries and Canada have signed an agreement to upgrade the existing connection between Amsterdam and Montréal from […]
EU Grants Funding for Polar Connect Step 1
The next subproject of Polar Connect begins, bringing together five Nordic stakeholders to secure the future of global digital infrastructure. Polar Connect is an initiative to establish a sustainable and reliable fibre connection between Europe and Asia, along a new route via the Arctic Ocean. The European Commission is granting 4 million Euro in funding […]
How Does Trust Drive Global Research Collaboration?
Earlier today, Licia Florio, Senior Strategy and Policy Officer at NORDUnet, delivered an ispiring keynote at the 18th CHPC National Conference, in Gqeberha, South Africa. The audience gained valuable insights from her talk, titled Building Global Federated Infrastructure in the R&E Community. The theme of this year’s conference, Cyberinfrastructure Collaboration: Towards Accelerated Impact, emphasizes the importance […]
New Baltic Sea route bolsters resilience
NORDUnet introduces a direct submarine fiber connection from Sweden to Berlin via Bornholm. For the first time, NORDUnet has opened a route from Sweden via the island of Bornholm directly to the German capital Berlin. This supplies much needed additional resilience to the Northern European research and education network system. “Historically, new connections involving Denmark […]
Welcome, Lise Fuhr
Lise Fuhr is the new CEO of GÉANT Association At the recent General Assembly of the GÉANT Association, the pan-European research and education network, Erik Huizer officially handed over leadership to Lise Fuhr, the new Chief Executive Officer of GÉANT. “As a long-standing and highly active member in the European NREN collaboration, NORDUnet welcomes Lise […]
Licia Florio Elected to the EOSC Association Board of Directors
Licia Florio, Senior Strategy and Policy Officer at NORDUnet, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Association, for a one-year term. Licia has played a pivotal role in driving NORDUnet and the Nordic National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in their contributions to the development and deployment […]
