Astron

Our data center in Groningen “d’ROOT” is being built on the Zernike Campus in Groningen and is almost ready. The official opening is scheduled for October. A month later, ASTRON, which is located in Dwingeloo, will move into office and project space and part of the Data Lab. Data scientists from the institute will have a workplace there and will, among other things, be involved in data science for the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), the largest radio telescope in the world, which is being built in Western Australia and South Africa and in which ASTRON has a leading role.

Data for research
ASTRON is investing in its Science Data Center to meet the growing need for fast processing of large amounts of data. The volume of data that researchers collect and process is increasing significantly. This makes it increasingly difficult to distribute the data to researchers in a timely and secure manner, Marco de Vos explains.

The solution is to move researchers to the data and stimulate collaboration between research groups, innovative companies and knowledge institutions. The Datalab in d’Root offers good opportunities for this. That is why ASTRON is happy with this collaboration. Companies and researchers can use the facilities on a project basis.

High performance computing
d’Root is an initiative of Bytesnet, an independent Dutch provider of data center services in Groningen and Rotterdam. The high-profile, futuristic and inviting data competence center is currently being realized on the Zernike Campus in Groningen. It will soon have facilities for high performance computing: special computers with high computing power. These are needed, for example, for scientific research and the processing of big data.

The Datalab offers work, presentation, research and testing spaces that will soon be available to a variety of Bytesnet customers and partners, including various knowledge institutions and innovation workshops from the region.

Zernike Campus
With the Zernike Campus, Groningen has a fertile breeding ground for research, development and innovation. With the University of Groningen and the Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen as engines, various specialized innovation labs and hundreds of related companies. This also means there is a great potential for data scientists for whom ASTRON can be an interesting employer.

Strengthen position
“Bytesnet supports ASTRON’s ambition in strengthening its internationally recognized position in data science in the field of astronomy,” says CEO Peter de Jong. “We take into account time, money, space and resources to implement this in our Data Lab. Our ambitions fit in seamlessly with this: optimal availability of data center services, high performance computing and related data storage made securely available.”

Over ASTRON
ASTRON is het Nederlands instituut voor radioastronomie. De missie is ontdekkingen in de radioastronomie mogelijk maken. Bij ASTRON worden baanbrekende technologieën ontwikkeld, maken wetenschappers gebruik van radioastronomische faciliteiten van wereldformaat, en wordt fundamenteel astronomisch onderzoek gedaan. Onze ingenieurs en astronomen hebben een uitstekende internationale reputatie op het gebied van technologische ontwikkelingen en fundamenteel onderzoek in de galactische en extra-galactische astronomie. ASTRON is onderdeel van de institutenorganisatie van de Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)

About ASTRON
ASTRON is the Dutch institute for radio astronomy. The mission is to enable discoveries in radio astronomy. At ASTRON, groundbreaking technologies are developed, scientists use world-class radio astronomical facilities, and fundamental astronomical research is conducted. Our engineers and astronomers have an excellent international reputation in the field of technological developments and fundamental research in galactic and extra-galactic astronomy. ASTRON is part of the institutes organisation of NWO.

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