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Using Data to Unveil the Mysteries of the Universe

April 08, 2015

The universe is still largely a mystery. For decades, physicists at the have been studying matter to determine what the universe is made of and how it started. The world's largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), is used to stage Big Bang Theory-scale particle collisions, and creates over 600 million collisions per second. That is a lot of data that needs to be filtered, archived, and analyzed on a daily basis.

Physicists around the world rely on this data to understand the origins of mass and uncover more information about the existence of antimatter. With this increased amount of data that needs to be both stored and processed, it became apparent that existing datacenter facilities were not equipped to manage all of the information generated.

To meet expanded data storage and processing needs, Wigner Datacenter worked to realize the first international infrastructure hosting project dedicated to technology, research and knowledge transfer. Citi Hungary supported Wigner in this endeavor by backing its bid to expand their datacenter. Without the guarantee from Citi, Wigner would not have been able meet the rating criteria required for the project. By providing the possibility to expand the datacenter capability while simultaneously addressing ever-increasing data processing needs, Wigner won its bid.

With the opening of the new Wigner Datacenter, thousands of physicists continue to have access to valuable data, ultimately leading to more and more discoveries of the mysteries of the universe and the continuity of physics.

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