HPC Expansion LRZ is a leading supercomputing facility in Europe hosting SuperMUC-NG and actively planning upscaling with Gauss Centre for Supercomputing involvement, backed by a substantial Bavarian investment. Opportunity: position high-margin HPC, exascale readiness, and quantum acceleration integration services to support ongoing capacity and performance upgrades.

Strategic Partnerships Recent and frequent partnerships with DLR, RIKEN, HQS Quantum Simulations, NVIDIA, HPE, and Munich Quantum Valley indicate LRZ prioritizes collaboration on storage, cooling efficiency, quantum-ready workflows, and hardware/software co-development. Opportunity: offer joint research programs, co-funded projects, and scalable storage/compute solutions aligned with partner agendas.

Quantum & AI Focus LRZ actively pursues quantum technologies and AI/ML scalable applications, including purchasing quantum processors and collaborating on open-quantum system research. Opportunity: present quantum hardware integration, software stacks, and AI accelerators as a bundled modernization or new capability package.

Investments & Financing Significant public funding, including a €500 million Bavarian investment for HPC and data center expansion, signals strong government backing and long-term capacity plans. Opportunity: tailor financing-friendly proposals, multi-year contracts, and mission-driven projects that align with public investment cycles and regional digitization goals.

Custodian of Research Infra LRZ serves Munich’s top universities and European research institutes with a comprehensive IT infrastructure, cloud, data storage, and network services, indicating a stable, high-security, research-focused IT environment. Opportunity: offer secure cloud hosting, compliant data management, HPC virtualization, and optimization services tailored to academic and research workloads.