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Dresden University of Technology (TUD) will deploy a new supercomputer, Deneb, at its Center for Information Services and High-Performance Computing (ZIH). The BullSequana XH3500 system features two Nvidia Grace Blackwell superchips, 184 next-generation GPUs, and two petabytes of storage.

With a cost of approximately €9.4 million ($11 million), the project is funded by the German federal government, Free State of Saxony, and the AI competence center ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig. Deneb is set to be operational by Q4 2026 at the Lehmann Center data center. Its water cooling system will enable 97% of generated heat to be reused for local heating applications, reinforcing TUD's commitment to sustainable research infrastructure.