Qarnot expands European Cloud HPC with its first Italian Data Center — in partnership with A2A!

We’re proud to announce the opening of Qarnot’s first Italian datacenter, located in Brescia, through a strategic partnership with A2A, one of Italy’s leading energy providers. This is a key step in our mission to provide Europe with sovereign, sustainable HPC, at a time when industrial performance and strategic autonomy are more crucial than ever. This also marks our official entry into the Italian market — where Qarnot is uniquely positioned to meet the rising demand for sovereign, high-performance computing (HPC), especially in the country’s historic aerospace and automotive industries.But this project is also a model of sustainable digital infrastructure:

• Liquid-cooled servers integrated into A2A’s district heating network
• Heat recovered at 65 °C to warm buildings directly
• 3,500 tons of CO₂ saved annually

As Paul Benoit, Qarnot's CEO, states: "Partnering with A2A represents a pivotal moment for Qarnot as we enter the Italian market. We are fully committed to leveraging our cutting-edge data center technology to actively contribute to A2A's decarbonization strategy and to support the broader transition towards a more sustainable energy landscape."

‍Qarnot's intuitive HPC cloud platform gives engineers in critical sectors like aerospace, automotive and energy access to on-demand access to HPC servers, enabling large-scale simulations and parallel cluster deployment, all with zero IT complexity. Our approach to cloud HPC is based on full control of the entire value chain, from designing low-carbon infrastructure to delivering high-performance cloud services.