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Lives ‘at risk’ over delay in building £1.2BILLION weather supercomputer

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LIVES are at risk due to delays in building the world’s “most advanced” weather supercomputer, a court has heard.

Met Office boffins had hoped the new £1.2billion forecasting system would be up and running by July.

Lives ‘at risk’ over delay in building £1.2BILLION weather supercomputer
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The huge computer project was signed off by ministers in 2013 after years of bungled forecasts by the Met Office[/caption]

But, with the old system close to collapse, it has already faced “significant delays” because of global microchip shortages and technical problems.

Court documents claim a crisis looms with “unacceptable” outages threatening “critical UK weather and climate services” — and even risking “safety of life”.

The huge computer project was signed off by ministers in 2020 after years of bungled forecasts by the Met Office.

Microsoft was given the contract to build the supercomputer by Whitehall.

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But details of the delays have emerged in court documents lodged at London’s High Court by its rival, Atos, in a row over the deal.

Atos is demanding more than £10million in damages, claiming the contract award was unfair.

The supercomputer, based near the Met Office’s HQ in Exeter, Devon, will help the UK tackle the changing climate.

It will predict storms more accurately, plan flood defences and improve airport forecasting.

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The Met Office admitted there had been “delays in the delivery of the first phase of our new supercomputing capability”, blaming the pandemic.

But it added: “In light of the ongoing supply chain issues being faced by many suppliers, we have recently worked with our current supercomputing suppliers to ensure our existing supercomputing capability remains fully supported, resilient and able to provide all our services, including those critical to life, well beyond September 2022 and up to the point the new system comes online.”



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