France-based energy giant TotalEnergies is constructing its new Pangea 5 supercomputer, integrating hardware and technological solutions from Dell, Nvidia and DDN.
Previously known as Total, the French petroleum firm rebranded to TotalEnergies in 2021. As one of the world’s top seven oil suppliers, the company underwent a name change to align with global green energy transitions, while expanding its business footprint into liquefied natural gas and low-carbon energy sectors. Since 2013, the enterprise has leveraged supercomputers for seismic simulation workflows inherent to the oil industry, launching four iterations of its Pangea high-performance computing (HPC) systems:
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Pangea 1 (2013): 2.3 petaflops
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Pangea 2 (2016): 6.7 petaflops, ranking 11th on the TOP500 list at launch
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Pangea 3 (2019): 31.7 petaflops
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Pangea 4 (2024): 1.6 petaflops, paired with the Pangea@Cloud platform to form an energy-efficient hybrid architecture for burst computing workloads
Scheduled for deployment in 2027, Pangea 5 marks a shift back to pure on-premises infrastructure. It will deliver a six-fold increase in computing power with an estimated performance of 75 petaflops. The firm has not disclosed the rationale behind abandoning Pangea 4’s on-premises-plus-cloud hybrid design in favor of a standalone localized supercomputer.
Priced above €100 million ($117.7 million), the new supercomputer will be hosted at the Jean Féger Scientific and Technical Center (CSTJF) in Pau, southern France.
The system is engineered to refine advanced seismic engineering workflows and boost the precision of subsurface geological imaging, an analytical method analogous to ultrasound scanning for underground oil-bearing rock formations. It accelerates energy exploration to enable low-cost, low-emission hydrocarbon extraction. Beyond traditional energy exploration, Pangea 5 will support AI research and development, shorten computing cycles for growing digital workloads, and deepen analytical capabilities for complex integrated energy models.
TotalEnergies emphasizes the supercomputer’s eco-friendly optimization. Compared with earlier generations, Pangea 5 cuts energy consumption by 40% at equivalent performance levels. Its cooling infrastructure achieves an 80% energy reduction, while recovered waste heat will be reused to warm on-site buildings at the CSTJF facility.
Nvidia will supply undisclosed GPU models alongside InfiniBand networking hardware and dedicated software stacks. Dell takes charge of server rack deployment and on-site installation work. As for storage infrastructure, DDN undertakes the data layer construction, delivering its EXAScaler solution built on mixed flash and HDD storage media. The system is designed to process and manage massive complex datasets without bottlenecks for research and exploration workflows.
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