Met Office signs multimillion-pound contract with Microsoft to build 'UK's most powerful supercomputer'

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Supercomputer will be twice as powerful as any other in the UK, Microsoft claims

The Met Office has signed a multimillion-pound deal with Microsoft to build the world's most advanced weather forecasting supercomputer. Set to be up and running by the summer of 2020, the new w...

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