Verne Global says that DeepL has deployed its 5.1 petaFLOPS supercomputer in its campus. Designed to support DeepL’s artificial intelligence (AI) driven, neural network translation service, this supercomputer is viewed by many as the world’s most accurate and natural-sounding machine translation service. Verne Global was selected because of the following factors:
- The innovative campus design specialised to support HPC and other intensive compute environments driven by the rise in AI, machine learning and big data analytics
- The expertise and technical knowledge of the Verne Global team, and
- Verne Global’s access to Iceland’s abundant, renewable power and its highly reliable, low-cost energy grid.
“For DeepL, we needed a data center optimised for high-performance computing (HPC) environments and determined that our needs could not be met in Germany. Verne Global’s Icelandic campus provides us with the scalability, flexibility and technical resources we need. In addition, the abundance of low-cost renewable energy and free cooling will allow us to train DeepL's neural networks at lower cost and faster scalability,” says Jaroslaw Kutylowski, CTO of DeepL. “Verne Global's team has a high level of technical expertise, which helps us to implement ad hoc requests quickly and easily. I've never seen such an excellent cooperation before.”
On the supercomputer located within Verne Global’s campus, DeepL trains the neuronal translation networks based on collected data sets. As DeepL learns, the network leverages AI to examine millions of translations and learn independently how to translate with the right grammar and structure.
“We are pleased that our HPC-optimised campus was the ideal location for DeepL’s supercomputer. Our location in Iceland provides a low and stable energy price with the highest possible availability and scalability – criteria that are indispensable for computational and power-intensive applications,” says Tate Cantrell, Chief Technology Officer of Verne Global. “We are seeing growing interest from companies using AI tools, such as deep neural network (DNN) applications, to revolutionise how they move their businesses forward, create change, and elevate how we work, live and communicate.”
