Canada Builds Massive Data Center for SKA's Immense Data Output
Canada is constructing a vast data center to manage the Square Kilometre Array's (SKA) immense data output. This center will be supported by a 19,000-kilometer fiber optic network dedicated to research. Meanwhile, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) uses a unique data transport method, and CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) generates staggering amounts of data daily.
The SKA, a future global radio telescope network, is projected to produce up to 600 petabytes of data annually. To handle this, the University of Cambridge is building a large data center, with the SKA Observatory (SKAO) coordinating the construction of massive facilities like the Science Data Processor (SDP) center for exabyte-scale data handling.
CERN's data storage system recently surpassed one exabyte, distributed across 111,000 storage media. Its data center processes an average of one petabyte of data per day, reflecting the LHC's immense output of up to a billion particle collisions per second. In contrast, the EHT collaboration transported five petabytes of data on 450 kilograms of hard drives to create the first image of a black hole, demonstrating the practical use of the 'sneakernet' method for data transport.
These advancements in data processing and storage highlight the increasing scale and complexity of scientific data. From Canada's SKA data center to CERN's exabyte-scale storage, and the EHT's innovative data transport, these developments pave the way for future scientific discoveries.
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