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22 Florida nonprofits received funding to support ongoing recovery effortsGiving for disaster preparedness and relief in Florida tops $900,000 for the year

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., December 30, 2024 /3BL/ – The Duke Energy Foundation announced an additional $350,000 to Florida nonprofit organizations as part of its ongoing response to Hurricane Milton, disaster preparedness and relief. It has been more than a month since Milton made landfall as a major Category 3 storm on Oct. 9, and the company remains committed to communities as they rebuild.

“This has been a devastating hurricane season for so many Floridians,” said Melissa Seixas, Duke Energy Florida state president. “We are walking side by side with our customers to help rebuild communities across Florida in the wake of Hurricane Milton. In partnership with dedicated nonprofit organizations, together we enable critical aid and provide Floridians with the services, materials and programs needed to recover.”

Duke Energy Foundation donated $50,000 to the American Red Cross before the storm, which ensured the quick distribution of supplies to areas in the state that expected impact.

An additional $300,000 has been provided to 22 local organizations across the Gulf Coast and Central Florida that are working to bring back vitality to these communities. Foundation grants are supporting efforts around food security, replacement of essential items, financial support for college students and other unexpected household costs. Grantee organizations are listed below.

Gulf Coast

Daystar Life Center of Citrus County 
 Central Florida Community Action Agency 
 Yankeetown – Inglis Fire Rescue 
 Dunedin Cares Food Pantry 
 Amplify Clearwater 
 Mattie Williams Neighborhood Family Center (Safety Harbor) 
 St. Petersburg College (SPC) Foundation 
 Interfaith Food Pantry 
 Pasco Education Foundation 
 Ready for Life Pinellas 
 Pinellas Community Foundation – We Are St. Pete Fund

Central Florida

University of Central Florida (UCF) Student Emergency Fund 
 United Against Poverty (UP) 
 Salvation Army of Osceola County 
 Foliage Sertoma Club of Apopka 
 Valencia College (VC) Puma Emergency Relief Fund 
 Lake Support and Emergency Recovery (L.A.S.E.R.) 
 United Way of Central Florida 
 Highlands County Board of County Commissioners 
 Heartland Food Bank 
 Rescue Outreach Mission of Central Florida 
 Backpack Buddies

“We are thankful for Duke Energy’s generosity in supporting our students when they need it most, during this critical time in their lives,” said Adrienne Frame, UCF VP of student success and well-being. “Duke Energy is making a big impact by helping students stay on their path to earning a college degree and achieving their dreams.”

With several significant storms impacting Duke Energy Florida’s 13,000-square-mile service territory this year, the donations for Hurricane Milton bring total giving for disaster readiness and response in the state to $910,000.

Duke Energy Foundation 
The Duke Energy Foundation provides more than $30 million annually in philanthropic support to meet the needs of communities where Duke Energy customers live and work. The Foundation is funded by Duke Energy shareholders.

Duke Energy Florida 

Duke Energy Florida, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, owns 12,300 megawatts of energy capacity, supplying electricity to 2 million residential, commercial and industrial customers across a 13,000-square-mile service area in Florida.

Duke Energy 

Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune 150 company headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is one of America’s largest energy holding companies. The company’s electric utilities serve 8.4 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, and collectively own 54,800 megawatts of energy capacity. Its natural gas utilities serve 1.7 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky.

Duke Energy is executing an ambitious clean energy transition, keeping reliability, affordability and accessibility at the forefront as the company works toward net-zero methane emissions from its natural gas business by 2030 and net-zero carbon emissions from electricity generation by 2050. The company is investing in major electric grid upgrades and cleaner generation, including expanded energy storage, renewables, natural gas and nuclear.

More information is available at duke-energy.com and the Duke Energy News Center. Follow Duke Energy on X, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook, and visit illumination for stories about the people and innovations powering our energy transition.

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Georgia-Pacific has much to celebrate as 2024 ends. From providing consumer and customers with everyday products and services they value more than the alternatives, to investing in our businesses and operations, using resources responsibly, and creating stronger communities in which our employees work and live, we have strived to ensure our efforts make a positive impact.

Please see a video of our accomplishments this year above.

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Based in Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific and its subsidiaries are among the world’s leading manufacturers and marketers of bath tissue, paper towels and napkins, tableware, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, nonwoven fabrics, building products and related chemicals. Our familiar consumer brands include Quilted Northern®, Angel Soft®, Brawny®, Dixie®, enMotion®, Sparkle® and Vanity Fair®. Georgia-Pacific has long been a leading supplier of building products to lumber and building materials dealers and large do-it-yourself warehouse retailers. Its Georgia-Pacific Recycling subsidiary is among the world’s largest traders of paper, metal and plastics. The company operates more than 150 facilities and employs more than 30,000 people directly and creates approximately 89,000 jobs indirectly. For more information, visit: gp.com/about-us . For news, visit: gp.com/news

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Georgia-Pacific has much to celebrate as 2024 ends. From providing consumer and customers with everyday products and services they value more than the alternatives, to investing in our businesses and operations, using resources responsibly, and creating stronger communities in which our employees work and live, we have strived to ensure our efforts make a positive impact.

Please see a video of our accomplishments this year above.

Stay updated on business news from Georgia-Pacific by visiting https://news.gp.com.

Based in Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific and its subsidiaries are among the world’s leading manufacturers and marketers of bath tissue, paper towels and napkins, tableware, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, nonwoven fabrics, building products and related chemicals. Our familiar consumer brands include Quilted Northern®, Angel Soft®, Brawny®, Dixie®, enMotion®, Sparkle® and Vanity Fair®. Georgia-Pacific has long been a leading supplier of building products to lumber and building materials dealers and large do-it-yourself warehouse retailers. Its Georgia-Pacific Recycling subsidiary is among the world’s largest traders of paper, metal and plastics. The company operates more than 150 facilities and employs more than 30,000 people directly and creates approximately 89,000 jobs indirectly. For more information, visit: gp.com/about-us . For news, visit: gp.com/news

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Since the movie “Field of Dreams” premiered in 1989, a simple but meaningful line has become part of the American lexicon: “If you build it, they will come.”

That applies to the KeyBank Delavan-Grider Farmers Market, which recently wrapped up its third season in East Buffalo. Following the racially motivated shooting that took place at a supermarket in Buffalo, NY on May 14, 2022, KeyBank, Buffalo GoGreen and The Delavan-Grider Community Center partnered to start the market on a bi-weekly schedule in the summer of 2022. In 2023, the market expanded to a weekly schedule, opening in late spring and wrapping up in the fall.

WATCH: This effort and the difference the market has made in the community is highlighted in a video that can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/ElN5G4rFbw8

Partners agree that the market has grown substantially, saying it’s serving three to four times as many people from when it began in 2022. Neighbors often form long lines outside the Delavan-Grider Community Center, which hosts the market, before it starts each week.

“Although we advertised and there were flyers, I really feel like it was just simply people in the neighborhood and in the community sharing their experience. This is what increased the foot traffic here,” said Candace Moppins, Executive Director of the Delavan-Grider Community Center. “When I was asking people, how did they find out about it, they were saying their friend or they saw the clip on television about KeyBank and the farmers market.”

“I feel like this year we really made our mark,” said Alison DeHonney with Buffalo GoGreen, the market’s main produce supplier. “The first year people are like ‘oh this is new, ’ the second year ‘not sure if it’s going to come back.’ Now I feel like we’re entrenched at the Delavan Grider Community Center, people know what to expect.”

In the three years the market has been helping fill the food desert void in East Buffalo, KeyBank Buffalo Corporate Responsibility Officer Chiwuike “Chi-Chi” Owunwanne has driven the partnership with Buffalo GoGreen and the Delavan-Grider Community Center that helped this effort thrive.

“In order to tackle challenging issues, it’s easier when you have good partners. And good partnership requires being able to establish a rapport and a relationship,” said Owunwanne. “I think we’ve just done that really, really well amongst the three of us as it pertains to trying to solve for something that probably was not on anybody else’s radar.”

“There was never going to be a market there in that part of the city,” said DeHonney. It’s not where people would typically find a farmers market, although it is very needed and has been very well received. The idea that people on a certain economic scale don’t want, need or understand what good food and healthy options and good produce is, the market proves that none of that is true.”

As partners begin planning for the market’s fourth season, they’re focused on deepening connections with the community, including working to improve awareness and access for nearby residents, and connecting with the neighborhood’s growing immigrant community.

“There are families that are living in and thriving in this neighborhood. We need to continue to cultivate it,” said Moppins. “I think that as we continue to see a surge of new Americans coming in that we will incorporate more produce that they use to cook with that gives other folks an opportunity to learn how to cook those things. I know Allison and I have talked about sharing or providing recipe cards for the various produce. So we’re going to put those things together for year four but I just think that it’s going to be bigger and better.”

Learn more about the impact the KeyBank Delavan-Grider Farmers Market is making in East BuffaloRead more about additional ways KeyBank is helping fight food insecurity in East BuffaloLearn more about KeyBank’s commitment to helping clients and communities thrive

Since the movie “Field of Dreams” premiered in 1989, a simple but meaningful line has become part of the American lexicon: “If you build it, they will come.”

That applies to the KeyBank Delavan-Grider Farmers Market, which recently wrapped up its third season in East Buffalo. Following the racially motivated shooting that took place at a supermarket in Buffalo, NY on May 14, 2022, KeyBank, Buffalo GoGreen and The Delavan-Grider Community Center partnered to start the market on a bi-weekly schedule in the summer of 2022. In 2023, the market expanded to a weekly schedule, opening in late spring and wrapping up in the fall.

WATCH: This effort and the difference the market has made in the community is highlighted in a video that can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/ElN5G4rFbw8

Partners agree that the market has grown substantially, saying it’s serving three to four times as many people from when it began in 2022. Neighbors often form long lines outside the Delavan-Grider Community Center, which hosts the market, before it starts each week.

“Although we advertised and there were flyers, I really feel like it was just simply people in the neighborhood and in the community sharing their experience. This is what increased the foot traffic here,” said Candace Moppins, Executive Director of the Delavan-Grider Community Center. “When I was asking people, how did they find out about it, they were saying their friend or they saw the clip on television about KeyBank and the farmers market.”

“I feel like this year we really made our mark,” said Alison DeHonney with Buffalo GoGreen, the market’s main produce supplier. “The first year people are like ‘oh this is new, ’ the second year ‘not sure if it’s going to come back.’ Now I feel like we’re entrenched at the Delavan Grider Community Center, people know what to expect.”

In the three years the market has been helping fill the food desert void in East Buffalo, KeyBank Buffalo Corporate Responsibility Officer Chiwuike “Chi-Chi” Owunwanne has driven the partnership with Buffalo GoGreen and the Delavan-Grider Community Center that helped this effort thrive.

“In order to tackle challenging issues, it’s easier when you have good partners. And good partnership requires being able to establish a rapport and a relationship,” said Owunwanne. “I think we’ve just done that really, really well amongst the three of us as it pertains to trying to solve for something that probably was not on anybody else’s radar.”

“There was never going to be a market there in that part of the city,” said DeHonney. It’s not where people would typically find a farmers market, although it is very needed and has been very well received. The idea that people on a certain economic scale don’t want, need or understand what good food and healthy options and good produce is, the market proves that none of that is true.”

As partners begin planning for the market’s fourth season, they’re focused on deepening connections with the community, including working to improve awareness and access for nearby residents, and connecting with the neighborhood’s growing immigrant community.

“There are families that are living in and thriving in this neighborhood. We need to continue to cultivate it,” said Moppins. “I think that as we continue to see a surge of new Americans coming in that we will incorporate more produce that they use to cook with that gives other folks an opportunity to learn how to cook those things. I know Allison and I have talked about sharing or providing recipe cards for the various produce. So we’re going to put those things together for year four but I just think that it’s going to be bigger and better.”

Learn more about the impact the KeyBank Delavan-Grider Farmers Market is making in East BuffaloRead more about additional ways KeyBank is helping fight food insecurity in East BuffaloLearn more about KeyBank’s commitment to helping clients and communities thrive

Originally published on GoDaddy Resource Library

By Kristy Lilas, Head of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at GoDaddy

At GoDaddy, we believe in the power of a growth mindset to help us anticipate and meet the evolving needs of millions of entrepreneurs every day. Fostering a growth mindset is a driver of creativity and innovation in areas like product and business development by enabling a more inclusive and collaborative workplace.

For our employees to feel empowered to contribute, grow and have their unique perspectives valued, we established a company culture rooted in continuous learning for growth.

A growth mindset is crucial for collaboration and inclusion

Creating an environment where everyone feels they can contribute and succeed takes effort from everyone and requires people to believe they can learn new things and change their perspectives.

A growth mindset—a persistent dedication to learn, reflect and adapt—helps remove internal barriers that may be holding us back from truly understanding and valuing the variety of viewpoints of those around us and creating relationships that build effective, inclusive teams.

Here are three ways that fostering a growth mindset among employees can help support a business’ goals.

1. Valuing different perspectives for true innovation

A growth mindset encourages us to confront assumptions or stereotypes we may hold about people or ideas that create resistance and stunt collaboration and trust. At GoDaddy, we ask everyone to engage using the 3Cs – curiosity, compassion, and courage. By actively listening and learning more about each other, what we’re thinking, and why we think that way, we open ourselves up to new perspectives.

2. Supporting employees and customers by enabling equal opportunities for success

For a workplace to be most effective and authentically inclusive, we need to adopt processes that support everyone’s growth, regardless of who they are or what their background is. With a growth mindset, we’re more willing to explore different ideas and solutions.

This includes doing so with the understanding that not everyone’s journey is the same. If we believe we already know everything there is to know without taking deliberate steps to learn more about those around us, we’re missing out on key opportunities to better support everyone our business serves.

3. Building a courageous culture of learning and experimentation

A growth mindset promotes psychological safety by encouraging a supportive and accountable feedback loop. And when everyone feels their voice is considered and valued, we nurture an environment where people can thrive, and ideas can flourish.

This type of environment allows us to have a culture largely driven by experimentation, where we’re encouraged to form a hypothesis to test new ideas and not shy away from failure. We ask teams to experiment with different initiatives and share what they’ve learned—whether they succeeded or not. This helps build resilience and perseverance both in our work and with each other.

At GoDaddy, we think cultivating a growth mindset in our people is so important because it helps power both our individual and team success.

Take our latest AI solution, GoDaddy AiroTM. Having a growth mindset enabled our team’s ability to put the scientific method to work to find ways to leverage these new technologies for our customers. It required research, learning, ideation, debate, experimentation, testing—and among all of that, many little failures to arrive at this very big success.

Everyone had to commit to themselves and each other that they would be dedicated to learning and open to a variety of different ideas and approaches to create something of value for our customers. That is growth mindset hard at work.

Bold aspirations must be balanced with accountability

As we nurture this growth mindset, it is important to recognize the need to set clear expectations. Overemphasis on being open to any and all ideas without guardrails or explanation can lead to a lack of clarity at best, and potentially exclusive behaviors at worst.

When leaders are too quick to ask for change and adjustment—especially if combined with a lack of good change management resources—teams may churn, and performance metrics may get muddied. And if we develop such a deep commitment to a growth mindset that we make space for every opinion without question, including ones intending to cause harm, we may inadvertently allow damaging ideas to take hold.

We must encourage people to always consider the source of learning and its intentions when applying a growth mindset.

Committing to a continuous learning journey

Fostering a growth mindset isn’t a one-time effort but rather a continuous process that we strive for every day. As a company, it’s imperative that we’re constantly challenging ourselves and each other, leveraging our learning opportunities and pushing us to be better.

At GoDaddy, we’re committed to nurturing a culture of both growth and inclusion—because they empower each other, and consequently, our business.

Visit GoDaddy’s 2023 Sustainability Report to learn more about our inclusion efforts.

Empowering through Equity & Inclusion: A GoDaddy Series – At GoDaddy, our global solutions seamlessly connect to our worldwide community of entrepreneurs to serve our mission of empowering entrepreneurs everywhere, making opportunity more inclusive for all. Our people and culture reflect and celebrate that sense of diversity and inclusion in ideas, experiences and perspectives. But we know that’s not enough to build true equity and belonging in our communities. That’s why we prioritize integrating diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging principles into the core of how we work every day. This article is part of the Empowering through Equity & Inclusion thought leadership series that reflects on how organizations can strive for more equitable and inclusive workplaces – as well as communities.

Originally published on GoDaddy Resource Library

By Kristy Lilas, Head of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at GoDaddy

At GoDaddy, we believe in the power of a growth mindset to help us anticipate and meet the evolving needs of millions of entrepreneurs every day. Fostering a growth mindset is a driver of creativity and innovation in areas like product and business development by enabling a more inclusive and collaborative workplace.

For our employees to feel empowered to contribute, grow and have their unique perspectives valued, we established a company culture rooted in continuous learning for growth.

A growth mindset is crucial for collaboration and inclusion

Creating an environment where everyone feels they can contribute and succeed takes effort from everyone and requires people to believe they can learn new things and change their perspectives.

A growth mindset—a persistent dedication to learn, reflect and adapt—helps remove internal barriers that may be holding us back from truly understanding and valuing the variety of viewpoints of those around us and creating relationships that build effective, inclusive teams.

Here are three ways that fostering a growth mindset among employees can help support a business’ goals.

1. Valuing different perspectives for true innovation

A growth mindset encourages us to confront assumptions or stereotypes we may hold about people or ideas that create resistance and stunt collaboration and trust. At GoDaddy, we ask everyone to engage using the 3Cs – curiosity, compassion, and courage. By actively listening and learning more about each other, what we’re thinking, and why we think that way, we open ourselves up to new perspectives.

2. Supporting employees and customers by enabling equal opportunities for success

For a workplace to be most effective and authentically inclusive, we need to adopt processes that support everyone’s growth, regardless of who they are or what their background is. With a growth mindset, we’re more willing to explore different ideas and solutions.

This includes doing so with the understanding that not everyone’s journey is the same. If we believe we already know everything there is to know without taking deliberate steps to learn more about those around us, we’re missing out on key opportunities to better support everyone our business serves.

3. Building a courageous culture of learning and experimentation

A growth mindset promotes psychological safety by encouraging a supportive and accountable feedback loop. And when everyone feels their voice is considered and valued, we nurture an environment where people can thrive, and ideas can flourish.

This type of environment allows us to have a culture largely driven by experimentation, where we’re encouraged to form a hypothesis to test new ideas and not shy away from failure. We ask teams to experiment with different initiatives and share what they’ve learned—whether they succeeded or not. This helps build resilience and perseverance both in our work and with each other.

At GoDaddy, we think cultivating a growth mindset in our people is so important because it helps power both our individual and team success.

Take our latest AI solution, GoDaddy AiroTM. Having a growth mindset enabled our team’s ability to put the scientific method to work to find ways to leverage these new technologies for our customers. It required research, learning, ideation, debate, experimentation, testing—and among all of that, many little failures to arrive at this very big success.

Everyone had to commit to themselves and each other that they would be dedicated to learning and open to a variety of different ideas and approaches to create something of value for our customers. That is growth mindset hard at work.

Bold aspirations must be balanced with accountability

As we nurture this growth mindset, it is important to recognize the need to set clear expectations. Overemphasis on being open to any and all ideas without guardrails or explanation can lead to a lack of clarity at best, and potentially exclusive behaviors at worst.

When leaders are too quick to ask for change and adjustment—especially if combined with a lack of good change management resources—teams may churn, and performance metrics may get muddied. And if we develop such a deep commitment to a growth mindset that we make space for every opinion without question, including ones intending to cause harm, we may inadvertently allow damaging ideas to take hold.

We must encourage people to always consider the source of learning and its intentions when applying a growth mindset.

Committing to a continuous learning journey

Fostering a growth mindset isn’t a one-time effort but rather a continuous process that we strive for every day. As a company, it’s imperative that we’re constantly challenging ourselves and each other, leveraging our learning opportunities and pushing us to be better.

At GoDaddy, we’re committed to nurturing a culture of both growth and inclusion—because they empower each other, and consequently, our business.

Visit GoDaddy’s 2023 Sustainability Report to learn more about our inclusion efforts.

Empowering through Equity & Inclusion: A GoDaddy Series – At GoDaddy, our global solutions seamlessly connect to our worldwide community of entrepreneurs to serve our mission of empowering entrepreneurs everywhere, making opportunity more inclusive for all. Our people and culture reflect and celebrate that sense of diversity and inclusion in ideas, experiences and perspectives. But we know that’s not enough to build true equity and belonging in our communities. That’s why we prioritize integrating diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging principles into the core of how we work every day. This article is part of the Empowering through Equity & Inclusion thought leadership series that reflects on how organizations can strive for more equitable and inclusive workplaces – as well as communities.

Our final ESG Talk replay features two engaging episodes, featuring Alison Taylor, clinical associate professor at NYU Stern School of Business, and Tarynn Zenk, vice president of accounting and ESG controller at Mastercard. In part one, Tarynn highlights the growing role of ESG controllers, focusing on how their work at the intersection of finance and sustainability ensures the credibility of corporate ESG disclosures. In part two, Alison discusses the role of business in society and the use of data and technology to create long-term value.

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Our final ESG Talk replay features two engaging episodes, featuring Alison Taylor, clinical associate professor at NYU Stern School of Business, and Tarynn Zenk, vice president of accounting and ESG controller at Mastercard. In part one, Tarynn highlights the growing role of ESG controllers, focusing on how their work at the intersection of finance and sustainability ensures the credibility of corporate ESG disclosures. In part two, Alison discusses the role of business in society and the use of data and technology to create long-term value.

Listen Now

Looking for more? Subscribe to the ESG Talk podcast on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.

ESG Talk is brought to you by Workiva, the world’s only unified platform for financial reporting, ESG, audit, and risk. Learn more at workiva.com.

The new High-Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure created in collaboration with Lenovo and Intel will give further impetus to research activities on clean energy in the ENEA hub in Portici (Naples).

Thanks to Lenovo Neptune liquid cooling technology, it will also be possible to reduce the energy consumption of the structure.

MILAN, December 26, 2024 /3BL/ – ENEA, the National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, has selected Lenovo for the installation of an HPC system at the Portici (Naples) hub to accelerate research activities on clean energy, in particular on nuclear fusion. This new HPC system, consisting of 758 nodes with 2 Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8592+ CPUs, will allow to bring the computational capabilities of CRESCO – Computational Center for Research on Complex Systems – the supercomputing system hosted in the Portici Research Center, from the current 1.01 to over 6.5 Petaflops[1], placing it at the top of the national scene in terms of processing power.

In addition to the computational power needed to accelerate research activities, sustainability for ENEA was also one of the crucial factors behind the choice of the partner for the project and Lenovo’s HPC solution guarantees better energy efficiency than in the past. The use of Lenovo Neptune Direct Water-Cooling technology, in fact, is able to capture up to 98% of the heat produced by the supercomputer and liquid cooling saves the energy used for the fans. Thanks to the greater efficiency, the temperature of the CPUs does not reach critical values, avoiding the reduction of the maximum frequency of the cores. In addition, the Lenovo hardware used for the installation was entirely made in Lenovo’s manufacturing facility in Hungary, designed in the heart of Europe with cutting-edge technologies also from an energy point of view, allowing a reduction in emissions for the transport of the necessary computing infrastructure.

ENEA develops and manages a complex ICT architecture that provides users with advanced systems for calculation, modeling and three-dimensional data visualization, through extensive use of GRID technologies. The ICT infrastructure currently includes 6 poles (Frascati, Portici, Bologna, Casaccia, Trisaia, Brindisi), each equipped with 3D computing and visualization infrastructures and specialized skills operating on different application topics. In particular, the CRESCO computing centers are able to provide advanced computational services to all ENEA users and its public and private partners in all the application areas in which the Institute is active: energy applications (combustion, fluid dynamics), nuclear and fusion codes, climatological and environmental models, structure of matter, modeling for networks and critical infrastructures, remote control of large instruments, bioinformatics. In the energy sector, forecasting and generative activities can help identify solutions that can improve the efficiency of some processes related to digitization and decarbonization both in the public and private sectors and in the industrial sector.

“Today, high-performance computing and artificial intelligence open new horizons in crucial areas for our society such as sustainable economic development, climate, innovation in the energy sector and medicine, research areas that see ENEA at the forefront.” – comments Alessandro de Bartolo, Country General Manager Infrastructure Solutions Group at Lenovo in Italy. “That’s why Lenovo is proud to support a center of excellence like ENEA in these global challenges with our technologies, our experience and our ability to innovate.”

“The new supercomputer CRESCO8 represents an important technological advance for ENEA, increasing computing resources with cutting-edge systems from the point of view of parallel computing, which at the same time guarantee high levels of energy efficiency”, notes Giovanni Ponti, Head of ENEA’s ICT Division of the Department of Energy Technologies and Renewable Sources “CRESCO8 will allow ENEA researchers and all its research partners to be able to perform numerical codes, computational models, simulations and artificial intelligence algorithms in a next-generation high-performance parallel computing cluster, capable of responding to the new needs of the scientific community and research projects”.

The installation is handled by Ricca IT, a Lenovo certified business partner. Over the years, Ricca IT has gained significant experience in the HPC and AI field, making it one of the most recognized entities in the Italian landscape.

[1] A petaflop is equivalent to a thousand trillion calculations per second (a trillion is a million to the third), where “peta” indicates the value of 10 to 15 (10^15) while “flop” stands for floating point operations per second, i.e. the number of floating point operations performed in one second.