> At least where I'm from, new HPC clusters aren't really asked for by the users, but they are "infrastructure projects" of their own. Because the users expect

> At least where I'm from, new HPC clusters aren't really asked for by the users, but they are "infrastructure projects" of their own. Because the users expect them to be renewed and improved. Otherwise the research can’t be done. None of our users tell us to buy new systems. But they cite us like mad, so we can buy systems every year. The dynamics of this ecosystem is different.