Chinese Government provides RMB 100 million grant for Phase 2 of High-Performance Computing Center Project (linked to Record ID#s #62320, #62408)

On December 6, 2017, the Chinese Government and the Government of Zimbabwe signed an RMB 100 million grant agreement for Phase 2 of the High-Performance Computing Center Project.

This purpose of this project was to increase the computational capacity of the supercomputer facility (high-performance computing center) at the University of Zimbabwe by nearly 10 times from 36 teraflops per second to over 300. The project also involves the introduction of new technologies, such as cloud services and cloud computing.

Inspur Group — China's leading personal computer and server manufacturer — is the contractor responsible for implementation. Project implementation began in 2018.

The Chinese Government provided also provided a RMB 33 million interest-free loan for Phase 1 of this project in 2015, recorded in Record ID#62320. Another Chinese Government grant was provided in 2018, recorded in Record ID#62408. The Chinese project title is 津巴布韦大学高性能计算中心第二阶段.