Cloud Adoption Strategy for High Performance Computing
High performance computing has been critical to helping organizations solve their most challenging problems.
High performance computing (HPC) has been critical to helping government agencies and commercial businesses solve their most challenging and complex problems.
Organizations with HPC infrastructures have been investing in new technologies and tools to stay competitive while addressing one of the key drivers for use of cloud computing: access to surge capacity.1 As demand for HPC grows, new technologies such as advanced analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), large language model (LLM), and machine learning (ML) are needed to expand the capability of computing environments.
However, on-premises HPC systems—even those with the most current technologies—are having difficulty supporting current organizational needs and effectively allocating scarce HPC resources efficiently. The skills required to manage and maintain these systems have increased significantly due to the thousands of computing elements, large storage capacities, and high-speed, low latency networks required to support varied and complex computations. In addition, keeping the HPC ecosystem up to date is costly, as computing capacity needs to scale with variable workloads, cybersecurity requirements continue to expand, and procurement and implementation cycles can be lengthy.
As a result, organizations that need HPC capabilities and providers of HPC technologies are exploring new avenues to overcome these challenges using cloud computing. Spending in public clouds for HPC grew an average of 25% from 2013 to 2020. In 2024, the market for cloud HPC is valued at USD $48.15 billion. It is projected to grow at a combined annual growth rate of 7% to USD $82.73 billion by 2031.2
As HPC demand rises, cloud service providers (CSPs) are investing in infrastructures, platforms, and the applications required to support a broader set of complex HPC workloads and customers.
Read more on the catalysts driving HPC in the cloud, developing a successful adoption strategy, and more in the full insight below.
2. Global Cloud High-Performance Computing Market Size By Component (Solutions, Services), By Deployment (Cloud, On-premises), By Geographic Scope And Forecast: Verified Market Research.