EGI : advanced computing for research
EGI is a publicly-funded federation of over 300 data and computing data centres spread across Europe and worldwide.
- EGI has over 45,000 users from a wide range of fields. More about use cases.
- EGI provides access to over 650,000 logical CPUs and 500 PB of disk and tape storage. More about the federation.
- EGI offers a wide range of services for compute, storage, data and support. More about EGI Services.
- A short history of EGI
EGI Foundation
The federation is coordinated by the EGI Foundation (also known as EGI.eu), created to coordinate the infrastructure on behalf of the participants of the EGI Council.
Vision
Researchers from all disciplines have easy, integrated and open access to the advanced scientific computing capabilities, resources and expertise needed to collaborate and to carry out data/compute intensive science and innovation.
Mission
Create and deliver open solutions for science and research infrastructures by federating digital capabilities, resources and expertise between communities and across national boundaries.