The University of Cantabria (UC) will benefit with an aid of 760,000 euros from the Government of Spain, aimed at strengthening research capacities in supercomputing and advanced technology within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.
This economic injection will allow UC to improve the necessary computing facilities, data storage systems and associated management, which will help position the institution as a reference in scientific and technological research.
The investment is part of a package of 71 million euros aimed at strengthening the capabilities of two Singular Scientific and Technical Infrastructures (ICTS) of great relevance to the Spanish research ecosystem: the Spanish Supercomputing Network and the Network of White Rooms of Micro and Nano Manufacturing (MICRONANOFABS).
"This investment is a step forward in the commitment of the Government of Spain and UC to science and technology as engines of economic and social development," said the Government delegate in Cantabria, Eugenia Gómez de Diego.
In this regard, Gómez de Diego stressed that "this new economic contribution will help the University of Cantabria to consolidate itself as a reference in research in strategic areas for the future, contributing to attract talent and generate new opportunities for the region."
PEARL Chip
The Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, Diana Morant, stressed that the PERTE Chip, in which this aid is framed, is one of the greatest transformation tools of the Government of Spain and a strategic country project.
“From Spain, with the PERTE Chip, endowed with an investment of 10,000 million euros of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, we want to position Spain in a sector so strategic and so important for the daily life of citizens,” he said.
In particular, MICIU manages a total of 360 million euros of PERTE Chip to strengthen research in semiconductors, one of the most strategic sectors for the European Union.
"This investment guarantees our strategic autonomy and also our capacity for technological leadership, while putting these infrastructures "at the service of the whole society: of private and public research, of our industry and our SMEs," he said.