German Climate Computing Centre

The German Climate Computing Centre ( DKRZ ) is a central service facility for the German climate and earth system research. It operates high performance computing for applied and basic research Climate research and its neighboring disciplines. The main task of DKRZ is providing computing power as well as the technical support for the model and simulations of climate research.

Organizational form

Main shareholder of the German Climate Computing Center, the Max Planck Society and the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg ( University of Hamburg). Other shareholders are the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht. DKRZ is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.