In August 2023, IT experts and scientists came together for a workshop to discuss the possibilities of building a computer cluster fully on renewable energies, as a test-case at Havana University in Cuba. The discussion covered the scientific needs for a computer cluster for particle physics at the InSTEC institute at Havana University, the possibilities to use solar energy, new developments in computing technologies, and computer cluster operation as well as operational needs for computing in particle physics. This computer cluster on renewable energies at the InSTEC institute is seen as a prototype for a large-scale computer cluster on renewable energies for scientific computing in the Caribbean, hosted in Cuba. The project is called "Humboldt Highway", to remember Alexander von Humboldt's achievements in bringing cultures of the American and European continents closer together by exchange and travel. In this spirit, we propose a project that enables and intensifies the scientific exchange between research laboratories and universities in Europe and the Caribbean, in particular Cuba.
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@article{arxiv.2404.07665,
title = {Humboldt Highway II -- computer cluster on renewable energies},
author = {Danyer Perez Adan and Luis Ignacio Estevez Banos and Tony Cass and Bjoern Felkers and Fernando Guzman and Thomas Hartmann and Beate Heinemann and Hannes Jung and Yves Kemp and Frank Lehner and Jürgen Nicklaus and David Gutierrez Menendez and Sandra Consuegra Rodriguez and Cesar Garcia Trapaga and Lidice Vaillant and Rodney Walker},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.07665},
year = {2024}
}