Supercomputer to create knowledge hub

Following the exciting announcement that the Met Office will be housing part of their next generation supercomputer on the Exeter Science Park, the park is delighted to announce the launch of a new cluster within the park focused around climate change and sustainable futures, which will be known as the Global Environmental Futures (GEF) campus.

“The new cluster will be located adjacent to the Redhayes “blue bridge” and just north of the M5 - A30 intersection. It will act as a focus for the region’s knowledge and research expertise in this field, and should attract entrepreneurs both nationally and internationally” added Gerry Shattock General Manager of Exeter Science Park.

“The Exeter Science Park masterplan was designed with a series of clusters, with the view that these may specialise in specific industry sectors, depending on demand. The Global Environmental Futures campus will be the first to do so, however on the back of strong interest we are also in conversations about other potential clusters such as Food Security which would perfectly compliment the climate cluster with the trend towards “precision farming”.” said Peter Musgrove from Lambert Smith Hampton.

The Met Office’s supercomputer and climate cluster will join the growing science community at the park and follows on from the relocation of blur Group to the Park in Dec 2013 and the building of new Science Park Centre due to open in Spring 2015. This will provide flexible work space and in-depth support for open innovation and collaborations between researchers and private sector partners, across a wide range of science and technology disciplines.

Exeter Science Park is recognised as the place for science and technology occupiers to locate and grow, acting as a hub for the amazing range of research, development and collaboration which is being undertaken across the region. We want more occupiers to come and join us, for more information please visit www.exetersciencepark.co.uk and contact one of the team.

The Science Park Centre is backed by funds from the Heart of the South West LEP’s Growing Places Fund and BIS’s Regional Growth Fund together with equity from the company’s shareholders, Devon County Council, East Devon District Council, Exeter City Council and the University of Exeter.

Any company interested in finding out more about the grow-on spaces should contact Peter Barrett at LSH via email: pbarrett@lsh.co.uk.