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The German Climate Computing Centre (DKRZ) provides services for climate researchers. Its task is to install and operate a high-performance computer system for basic and applied research in climatology as well as related disciplines.

The total system peak performance of the High Performance Computer (HPC) cluster is 158 teraflops/s, making it one of the most powerful computers worldwide. As a result, the DKRZ plays a vital role in the infrastructure of climatechange research. Its results complement research on observable changes in climate to form the basis for a sustainable policy.

Facts and Figures

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1 centre
in Hamburg

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60 staff
(list of staff members)

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non-profit limited company
turnover in 2008: approx. 29 million euro

Organisational Details

Founded in 1987 as a limited liability company (GmbH), the DKRZ is a nonprofit and non-commercial research centre.

Research Activities

DKRZ’s high-performance computing facilities are used to conduct research on climate modelling. Its computing power enables the application of sophisticated, realistic numeric models for the quantitative computation of complex processes in the climate and earth system.

In addition to this, the DKRZ installs and maintains software tools and hardware infrastructure for storage, management and analysis of extremely large data sets. The centre is a coordinating node in the national and European network of climate researchers.

Research Budget

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DKRZ operates as a non-profit limited company. The Max Planck Society holds 55% of the institute’s shares.