Heata Pilot Project

For this sustainability pilot, we have collaborated with heata® to run NA62 simulations on their distributed compute network, which repurposes waste heat to supply free hot water to homes.

Heata Compute

Heata's innovative system features custom-designed, water-cooled compute units installed on domestic hot water tanks. The waste heat generated by the CPUs is harnessed to preheat water for household use. Learn more about their technology here.

Running Simulations

NA62 Monte Carlo simulation jobs are submitted to the heata compute network via GridPP Dirac, where, with the help of the Dirac Imperial College group, a dedicated Computing Element (CE) was instantiated, such that the heata® resources are seamlessly integrated into the NA62 VO's. Jobs run with access to software from CVMFS, and, when finished, they upload the outputs to CERN and RAL Storage Elements (SE).

To give some perspective, we calculate that 200 typical NA62 simulation jobs provide roughly half a ton of free hot water to a home, or every 12 jobs provide a free shower!

heata CE, as of October 18, 2024

Page last updated on October 28, 2024