Bothnia Edge-HPC Lab

Bothnia Edge–HPC Lab strengthens next-generation digital innovation by building a continuum-ready research platform/testbed that combines edge computing and High-Performance Computing (HPC). The lab enable researchers in developing, deploying, and evaluating AI applications and services that facilitate across edge ↔ on-prem/HPC environments.

What we build

The project develops a multi-tenant Edge–HPC platform that turns infrastructure into a usable research environment through five broad integrated building blocks:

1. Identity & access – single sign-on style access, roles, and tenant isolation
2. Networking – secure connectivity domains and routing boundaries between edge and HPC
3. Workload orchestration – where jobs/services run (e.g., Slurm/Kubernetes/workflows)
4. Data fabric – how data moves and is stored (object storage + parallel filesystem patterns)
5. Observability + policy – monitoring, quotas, auditability, and reliability operations

Research and innovation focus

Bothnia Edge–HPC Lab enables research and validation of:

• Workload placement across the compute continuum (training and inference), quantifying trade-offs in latency, data locality, and compute availability
• Operational resilience for shared research platforms, including telemetry, runbook-driven incident response, and measurable reliability outcomes
• Reproducible experimentation on real infrastructure—supporting dependable benchmarking and repeatable evaluations for both academic and applied AI use cases

Activities and outputs

• Design and integration of a heterogeneous GPU Edge–HPC environment, including fabric-aware connectivity and platform foundations for multi-tenant operation
• Establishment of workflows, onboarding patterns, and reference deployments to help teams run real workloads end-to-end
• Workshops and collaboration support for researchers to experiment with continuum applications and services

Project Duration & Budget

Project name: Bothnia Edge–HPC Lab
Duration: 12/2025 to 12/2028
Total budget: 5.6 MSEK
ERDF financing: 1.65 MSEK