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The ''Centre Scientifique et Technique Jean Féger'', better known as CSTJF is the main technical and scientific research center of the French Oil group

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, situated in Pau, France. About 2,000 people work at the site, which comprises many small-sized buildings. It contains a big

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farm to accommodate the storage and computing power required for

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simulations. There are

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and

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servers. The total storage space is more than 26

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s. The facility hosts a

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named PANGEA III, an IBM

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system with more than 290,000 cores; the computer has been tested to produce nearly 18

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, which placed it at #15 in the June 2020

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list of the world's most powerful supercomputers. It is also ranked as the world's 9th most energy-efficient supercomputer. There is a fiber optic link between here and the ''Tour Coupole'' and ''

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'' in ''Paris La Défense''. The facility houses its own restaurant, and labs for research on petrol and gases. There is also a conference center capable of seating 100-200 people. Located inside the CSTJF is the company CE (''comité d'entreprise'') : which lends books, CDs and DVDs to employees as well as selling tickets for concerts at reduced prices.

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