Merck KGaA has launched a new, state-of-the-art high-performance computer (HPC) in Munich, Germany, designed to accelerate research and innovation across its life science, healthcare, and electronics sectors. The initiative, developed in collaboration with Lenovo and Equinix, aims to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced analytics to solve complex scientific challenges more efficiently.

“Speed and efficiency translate directly into patient and customer benefit,” said Laura Matz, Merck’s Chief Science and Technology Officer. “Our new high-performance computer dramatically reduces the time and cost of research, enabling our scientists to run more experiments and deliver innovations more quickly.”

The launch marks a major step in Merck’s push to hard-wire digital capabilities into every corner of its business. The company says the new computing power will sharpen product development in Life Science, accelerate drug discovery in Healthcare and boost the creation of advanced semiconductor materials in Electronics — all while breaking down silos and improving collaboration.

Sustainability also sits at the heart of the project. The system is built on Lenovo ThinkSystem servers equipped with Lenovo’s Neptune liquid-cooling technology and housed in an Equinix AI-ready data center. The hybrid setup blends private and public cloud environments to scale rapidly for data-hungry AI and machine-learning workloads.

“Organizations can achieve exceptional performance without compromising on sustainability,” said Andreas Thomasch, Lenovo’s CTO for Germany and Austria. “Even the most demanding workloads will run efficiently as Merck pushes science and industry forward.”

Harmeen Mehta, Chief Digital and Innovation Officer at Equinix, said the collaboration shows how digital infrastructure and science are converging. “When technology is scaled responsibly, innovation doesn’t just accelerate — it transforms industries and redefines what’s possible.”

The new supercomputer is now fully online and already powering Merck’s next wave of scientific and technological innovation.