Overview
- The government opened the Mexican Supercomputing Program in a collaboration announced Wednesday between the Digital Transformation and Telecommunications Agency and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, with a National Meteorological Service unit now working on site under ATDT and SECIHTI oversight.
- The project targets higher spatial and time resolution for Mexico’s uneven station records dating to 1950 so they can feed high‑detail forecast models and analysis of extreme events.
- Work at BSC uses its MareNostrum 5 supercomputer to process large datasets, which ATDT says cuts analyses that once took weeks down to hours.
- Officials said all outputs will be public and free for government agencies, universities, and research centers to support risk planning and daily decisions by local authorities and farmers.
- The launch is the first step toward building Mexico’s own Coatlicue supercomputer, with officials outlining a 6 billion‑peso budget, a 24‑month build, and future uses in customs, agriculture, and artificial intelligence.