Description

The mission is to contribute to Sweden being at the absolute forefront regarding competence in sustainable and efficient datacenter solutions, cloud applications and data analysis. This will be accomplished by increasing innovation capability, helping product and service companies excel, as well as attracting more researchers and companies to Sweden to make the business branch even stronger nationally.

ICE consists of three datacenter pods, where one has an optimized and stable physical environment optimized for IT/cloud-related applications, and one is a flexible construction optimized for facility/utility testing. The ICE facility is operated and owned by RISE SICS North.

The test facility will offer access to a unique environment for testing, demos and experiments.

The ICE offer covers all parts of the stack;
•     Big data and machine learning – Computing capacity, platforms and tools for handling big data and machine learning
•     IT and cloud – testing and experiment environments for software development, scaling and infrastructure optimization
•     Facility and IT HW – possibilities for testing disruptive innovations concerning the facility and hardware of a datacenter
•     Utility – measurements and research securing a sustainable society with efficient datacenters as a part of the energy system

Read more about our ongoing research projects at https://www.sics.se/groups/rise-sics-north#projects

The mission is to contribute to Sweden being at the absolute forefront regarding competence in sustainable and efficient datacenter solutions, cloud applications and data analysis. This will be accomplished by increasing innovation capability, helping product and service companies excel, as well as attracting more researchers and companies to Sweden to make the business branch even stronger nationally.

ICE consists of three datacenter pods, where one has an optimized and stable physical environment optimized for IT/cloud-related applications, and one is a flexible construction optimized for facility/utility testing. The ICE facility is operated and owned by RISE SICS North.

The test facility will offer access to a unique environment for testing, demos and experiments.

The ICE offer covers all parts of the stack;
•     Big data and machine learning – Computing capacity, platforms and tools for handling big data and machine learning
•     IT and cloud – testing and experiment environments for software development, scaling and infrastructure optimization
•     Facility and IT HW – possibilities for testing disruptive innovations concerning the facility and hardware of a datacenter
•     Utility – measurements and research securing a sustainable society with efficient datacenters as a part of the energy system

Read more about our ongoing research projects at https://www.sics.se/groups/rise-sics-north#projects

RISE Data Science - A national initiative
RISE Data Science is a national initiative for advanced digitalization of Swedish industry and society with the help of data driven innovation.

https://www.sics.se/media/news/rise-data-science-ett-nationellt-initiativ-for-datadriven-innovation

FUI Datacenters - A regional initiative

The FUI project provides an opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises, with operations in Norrbotten and Västerbotten, to gain support for the development of products and services in the field of  data centers and clouds.

http://www.fui.dc4c.se/fui-in-short-(in-english)-33339381

The hub also participates in the Innovation for Manufacturing SMEs (I4MS) and Smart Anything Everywhere (SAE) initiatives of the European Commission through the H2020 projects MIDIH and EuroCPS respectively.

The activities of the hub are also aligned with the Swedish national initiatives for digitalising industry, Smart Industry and Produktion 2030.

Sectors

• Energy and utilities
• Construction
• Manufacture of machinery and equipment
• Manufacture of electrical and optical equipment

TRL Focus

• TRL3 - Analytical and experimental critical function and/or characteristic proof of concept
• TRL4 - Component and/or breadboard validation in laboratory environment
• TRL5 - Component and/or breadboard validation in relevant environment
• TRL6 - System/subsystem model or prototype demonstration in a relevant environment
• TRL7 - System prototype demonstration in an operational environment
• TRL8 - Actual system completed and qualified through test and demonstration

Services provided

• Ecosystem building, scouting, brokerage, networking
• Visioning and Strategy Development for Businesses
• Collaborative Researchs
• Concept validation and prototyping
• Testing and validation
• Market intelligence
• Education and skills development