FUNDACION PUBLICA GALLEGA CENTRO TECNOLOGICO DE SUPERCOMPUTACION DE GALICIA

Their core work

CESGA is Galicia's public supercomputing centre, providing high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure and expertise to researchers, universities, and industry across Spain and Europe. They operate large-scale computing facilities and help SMEs access simulation, modelling, and data analytics capabilities they couldn't afford on their own. Beyond raw computing power, they contribute to the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) ecosystem and federated cloud infrastructures, and have expanded into quantum computing and AI-assisted data analytics. They also run science outreach programmes to connect research with the public.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In the early H2020 period (2015–2018), CESGA focused on foundational e-infrastructure work: building the European Open Science Cloud, integrating federated cloud services (EGI, EUDAT, INDIGO-DataCloud), and providing basic HPC access to SMEs through SESAME NET and Fortissimo 2. From 2019 onward, their portfolio diversified significantly — they moved into HPC competence centre development (EUROCC), quantum computing (NEASQC), AI and data analytics for industry (FF4EuroHPC), and applied computational work in medical radiation research (SINFONIA). The shift shows a centre evolving from pure infrastructure provision toward domain-specific applications and next-generation computing paradigms.

CESGA is transitioning from being a general HPC infrastructure provider toward becoming a competence centre that delivers domain-specific computing solutions — including quantum computing and AI — directly to industry and medical research.

How they like to work

CESGA never coordinates H2020 projects but contributes reliably as either a participant (7 projects) or third party (8 projects), reflecting their role as an infrastructure and service provider that supports others' research ambitions. With 305 unique partners across 44 countries, they operate within very large pan-European consortia — typical for e-infrastructure projects like PRACE and EOSC. This makes them an easy, low-risk partner to integrate: they bring computing resources and technical know-how without competing for scientific leadership.

CESGA has collaborated with 305 distinct partners across 44 countries, one of the broadest networks among regional computing centres. This reach comes primarily from participation in pan-European e-infrastructure projects (PRACE, EOSC, EGI) that involve dozens of partners per consortium.

What sets them apart

CESGA occupies a specific niche as a regional supercomputing centre with genuine European-scale connections — they have the local agility of a Galician institution but the network reach of a continent-wide infrastructure provider. Their track record of helping SMEs access HPC (through SESAME NET, Fortissimo 2, FF4EuroHPC) makes them a practical bridge between small companies and supercomputing capabilities. The emerging quantum computing work (NEASQC) positions them ahead of most regional computing centres that remain purely classical.

Highlights from their portfolio

• SINFONIA
  Their largest single grant (EUR 387,408) and an unusual domain application — using computational expertise for medical radiation risk research in lymphoma and brain tumour patients.
• NEASQC
  Signals CESGA's move into quantum computing applications, positioning them at the frontier of next-generation computing beyond classical HPC.
• FF4EuroHPC
  Directly connects HPC, data analytics, and AI capabilities with European SMEs — the clearest example of their industry-facing mission.