What's new
Here you will find news of new features and changes to the computing environment
Applications
- CPU versions of PyTorch and TensorFlow available on Roihu, 3.9.2026
- PyTorch 2.13.0 available on Roihu-GPU, 31.8.2026
- R 4.6.1 in r-env, 18.8.2026
- CSC chemistry software stack on LUMI updated, 23.3.2026
- Schrödinger Maestro 2026.1, 12.3.2026
- Geoconda 3.14.3, 5.3.2026
- R 4.5.2 in r-env, 17.2.2026
- PyTorch 2.9.1 available on Puhti and Mahti, 9.1.2026
- CSC ArcGIS consortium for Finnish universities ends on 31.12.2025
- GROMACS 2025.4, 9.12.2025
- AMS 2025 available on Puhti and Mahti, 27.11.2025
- Schrödinger Maestro 2025.4, 13.11.2025
- HADDOCK3 available on LUMI, 12.9.2025
- Python Data 3.12-25.09 now the default version, 12.9.2025
- GROMACS 2025.2, 13.8.2025
- Schrödinger Maestro 2025.3, 7.8.2025
- CP2K 2025.1 available on Puhti, Mahti and LUMI, 6.8.2025
- R 4.5.1 in r-env, 22.7.2025
- PyTorch 2.7.1 available on Puhti, Mahti and LUMI, 8.7.2025
- Schrödinger Maestro 2025.2, 15.5.2025
- GROMACS 2025.1, 7.5.2025
- Geoconda 3.12.10, 6.5.2025
- PyTorch 2.6.0 available on Puhti and Mahti, 10.4.2025
- R in Mahti, 7.4.2025
- Tykky 0.4.2, 27.2.2025
- R 4.4.2 in r-env, 25.2.2025
- JAX 0.4.38 available on Puhti, Mahti and LUMI, 0.5.0 available on Puhti and Mahti, 19.02.2025
- Snakemake and Nextflow tutorials significantly improved
- Schrödinger Maestro 2025.1, 6.2.2025
- Molpro 2024.3 is available on Puhti and Mahti, 3.2.2025
- PyTorch 2.5.1 available on Puhti, Mahti and LUMI, 20.12.2024
- Maestro versions older than 2023.1 will not work after 13.3.2025
- GROMACS 2024.4, 7.11.2024
- Schrödinger Maestro 2024.4, 5.11.2024
- JAX 0.4.30 available on LUMI, 23.10.2024
- NAMD 3.0 available on Puhti and Mahti, 11.10.2024
- Amber24 available on Puhti and Mahti, 8.10.2024
- CSC chemistry software stack on LUMI updated, 26.9.2024
- PyTorch 2.4.1 available on LUMI, 19.9.2024
- GROMACS 2024.3, 12.9.2024
- JAX 0.4.30 available on Puhti and Mahti, 5.9.2024
- CP2K 2024.2 available on Puhti and Mahti, 27.8.2024
- ORCA 6.0.0, 22.8.2024
- PyTorch 2.4.0, 21.8.2024
- AMS 2024 available on Puhti and Mahti, 20.8.2024
- Geoconda 3.11.9, 7.8.2024
- Schrödinger Maestro 2024.3, 5.8.2024
- PyTorch 2.3.1, 13.6.2024
- Python Data 3.10-24.04 now the default version
- R 4.4.0 in r-env, 7.6.2024
- Molpro 2024.1 is available on Puhti, 5.6.2024
- GROMACS 2024.2, 22.5.2024
- Schrödinger Maestro 2024.2, 3.5.2024
- AMS 2023 available on Puhti and Mahti, 21.3.2024
- GROMACS 2024.1, 21.3.2024
- CP2K 2024.1 available on Puhti, Mahti and LUMI, 20.3.2024
- NAMD 3.0b6 available on LUMI, 12.3.2024
- JAX 0.4.23, 6.3.2024
- PyTorch 2.2.1, 1.3.2024
- Snakemake, 23.2.2024
- GROMACS 2024.0, 16.2.2024
- TmoleX 2024, 9.2.2024
- TURBOMOLE 7.8, 8.2.2024
- Schrödinger Maestro 2024.1, 8.2.2024
- ORCA 5.0.4, 7.2.2024
- R 4.3.2 in r-env, 2.2.2024
- COSMO-RS, 30.1.2024
- Python Data 3.10-23.11, 28.11.2023
- Gromacs 2023.3, 17.11.2023
- PyTorch 2.1 and TensorFlow 2.14, 13.11.2023
- Schrödinger Maestro 2023.4, 10.11.2023
- Molpro 2023.2 is available on Puhti, 31.10.2023
- AlphaFold Genetic databases available on Puhti, 20.10.2023
- Schrödinger Maestro 2023.3, 8.9.2023
- CP2K 2023.2 available on Puhti and Mahti, 1.9.2023
- CSD 2023.2 available on Puhti, 22.8.2023
- Gromacs 2023.2 available on Puhti and Mahti, 21.8.2023
- Gromacs 2023.2 and CP2K 2023.2 available on LUMI, 4.8.2023
- R 4.3.0 in r-env, 20.6.2023
- Gromacs 2023.1 available on LUMI, 7.6.2023
- R 4.2.2 in r-env, 26.5.2023
- Schrödinger Maestro 2023.2, 25.5.2023
- NoMachine will no longer be available on CSC's supercomputers, 9.5.2023
- Gromacs and CP2K now available on LUMI, 19.4.2023
- PyTorch 2.0 and TensorFlow 2.12, 27.3.2023
- Turbomole 7.7, 3.3.2023
- Schrödinger Maestro 2023.1 and module removal policy, 10.2.2023
- CSC software collection on LUMI, 31.1.2023
- CP2K 2023.1, 30.1.2023
- Gromacs 2022.4, 16.1.2023
- License for Materials and Discovery Studio no longer available, 3.1.2023
- sbatch-hq, 19.12.2022
- PyTorch 1.13, 9.12.2022
- Amber22 installed on Puhti, 16.11.2022
- Maestro 2022.3 and 2022.4 installed on Puhti, 15.11.2022
- CP2K 2022.2, 10.11.2022
- Gromacs 2022.3, 7.11.2022
- Installing software with Spack, 28.10.2022
- Installing packages from Bioconda using Tykky, 10.10.2022
- Available applications can now be viewed as grouped by license type, 7.10.2022
- Python Data 3.10-22.09, 7.10.2022
- r-env-singularity renamed to r-env and update to R 4.2.1 coinciding with RHEL8 update, 14.9.2022
- Discovery Studio and Material Studio license discontinued in 2023, 25.8.2022
- PyTorch 1.12, 8.7.2022
- CP2K modules on Mahti recompiled, 5.7.2022
- Python Data 3.9-3 and RAPIDS 22.04, 5.5.2022
- CP2K 9.1 linked to Gromacs 2022, 19.4.2022
- PyTorch 1.11, 8.4.2022
- LUE released on Puhti, 5.4.2022
- Tykky 0.2.2, 31.3.2022
- TensorFlow 2.8, 17.3.2022
- Gromacs 2022, 9.3.2022
- CP2K 9.1, 4.3.2022
- Schrödinger Maestro 2022.1, 25.2.2022
- Gromacs 2021 now default version, 7.2.2022
- Direct usage of Conda deprecated, 4.2.2022
- Python Data 3.9-2, 20.1.2022
- Python Data default module now uses Singularity, 26.11.2021
- Schrödinger Maestro 2021.4, 24.11.2021
- PyTorch 1.10, 10.11.2021
- TensorFlow 2.7, 9.11.2021
- Schrödinger Maestro 2021.3, 30.8.2021
- Turbomole 7.5.1, 25.8.2021
- CP2K 8.2, 13.8.2021
- AMS 2021.102, 13.8.2021
- Molpro 2021.2, 10.8.2021
- PyTorch 1.9, 2.7.2021
- Python Data 3.9, 22.6.2021
Cloud services
- New database minor versions available in Pukki, 08.09.2026
- MariaDB 12.3.2 available in Pukki, 30.7.2026
- New Ubuntu cloud image Resolute Raccoon 26.04, 11.05.2026
- Storage quota change in cPouta and ePouta, 07.05.2026
- Allas Web UI updates, 26.02.2026
- PostgreSQL 14 EOL approaching in Pukki, 25.2.2026
- New Volume Type available in Pouta: Capacity Volumes, 14.1.2026
- Small changes in Pouta's cloud images creation, 2.12.2025
- New database minor versions available in Pukki, 25.11.2025
- Allas Web UI improvements, 14.11.2025
- New Pouta VM launcher
- Application credentials got more features in Pouta 7.7.2025
- Pukki now supports MariaDB, 7.1.2025
- Pukki now supports PostgreSQL 17, 9.10.2024
- Pukki DBaaS now supports PostGIS extensions, 28.08.2024
- CSC Notebooks service renamed as Noppe, 21.8.2024
- Pukki DBaaS now available for all users, 28.3.2024
Computing environment
- Roihu web interface updated to release 3, 22.9.2026
- Mahti compute services decommissioned, 31.8.2026
- Roihu web interface updated to release 2, 18.8.2026
- Puhti compute services decommissioned, 31.7.2026
- Roihu FAQ and data migration instructions updated, 11.6.2026
- Puhti and Mahti web interface updated to release 33 and 17, 11.6.2026
- Puhti and Mahti web interface updated to release 32 and 16, 25.2.2026
- Puhti and Mahti web interface updated to release 31 and 15, 3.12.2025
- Puhti web interface updated to release 30, 5.11.2025
- Instructions on moving data between CSC supercomputers improved, 30.10.2025
- Puhti and Mahti web interfaces updated to release 29 and 14, 2.10.2025
- Puhti and Mahti web interfaces updated to release 28 and 13, 19.8.2025
- Puhti and Mahti web interfaces updated to release 26 and 12, 6.5.2025
- New data cleaning policy on Puhti, 17.4.2025
- Puhti and Mahti web interfaces updated to release 25 and 11, 7.4.2025
- Starting April 22 2025, multi-factor authentication is required to login to web interfaces of Puhti and Mahti, 2.4.2025
- Starting April 14 2025, SSH login to Puhti and Mahti will only work with SSH keys added in MyCSC, 25.3.2025
- New Small Partition with High-Performance NVMe Storage on Mahti, 13.2.2025
- Puhti and Mahti web interfaces updated to release 24 and 10, 30.1.2025
- Puhti and Mahti web interfaces updated to release 23 and 9, 23.10.2024
- Puhti and Mahti web interfaces updated to release 22 and 8, 28.8.2024
- Puhti and Mahti web interfaces updated to release 21 and 7, 13.6.2024
- Puhti and Mahti web interfaces updated to release 20 and 6, 27.5.2024
- Puhti and Mahti web interfaces updated to release 19 and 5, 10.4.2024
- Puhti web interface updated to release 18, 5.3.2024
- Mahti has small GPUs available for interactive work, 5.3.2024
- Mahti web interface updated to release 4, 27.2.2024
- SSH security updates for cryptography options, 12.1.2024
- Mahti web interface updated to release 3, 12.12.2023
- The LUMI web interface has been released, 9.11.2023
- Mahti web interface updated to release 2, 13.10.2023
- Puhti web interface updated to release 17, 8.9.2023
- Puhti web interface updated to release 16, 4.7.2023
- Mahti web interface available, 13.6.2023
- New policy on Puhti and Mahti for projects that have run out of Billing Units, 22.5.2023
- Puhti web interface updated to release 15, 2.5.2023
- Puhti web interface updated to release 14, 2.2.2023
- Puhti disk cleaning policy changed, 17.1.2023
- Puhti web interface updated to release 13, 20.12.2022
- Puhti web interface beta updated to release 12, 10.11.2022
- New login nodes on Puhti, 9.11.2022
- Puhti operating system updated to RHEL8, 5.10.2022
- Puhti web interface beta updated to release 10 24.8.2022
- Puhti has been updated with additional local disks on Big Mem nodes, 6.7.2022
- Puhti web interface beta updated to release 9 5.7.2022
- How to clean up data - automatic removal, new tools and instructions 10.6.2022
- Puhti web interface beta updated to release 8 25.5.2022
- Puhti has been updated with additional local disks, 13.5.2022
- Mahti operating system updated to RHEL8, 4.5.2022
- Puhti web interface beta updated to release 7 23.3.2022
- Puhti web interface beta updated to release 6 2.2.2022
- Puhti web interface beta updated to release 5
- Puhti web interface beta updated to release 4 30.11.2021
- Puhti web interface beta updated to release 3 9.11.2021
- Puhti web interface beta (release 2) is available 18.10.2021
- MPICH modules no longer work 4.5.2021
- Slurm update and srun & behavior 4.5.2021
Data management
- SD Connect and SD Desktop major service upgrade, 09.2026
- Sensitive Data (SD) Desktop service: billing changes and export process update, 05.2026
- The Kaivos database service has been decommissioned, 2.1.2026
- Sensitive Data (SD) Desktop: Data gateway error workaround, 7.11.2025
- The Kaivos database service will be decommissioned by the end of the year 2025
- Sensitive Data (SD) Desktop export problem: quick workaround, 18.8.2025
- Temporary workaround for importing files from SD Connect into SD Desktop, 3.6.2025
- Sensitive Data (SD) Connect: new command line tools for automated key management, 02.2025
- SD Desktop, upgrade Heavy Computation option, 15.01.2025
- SD Connect major upgrade, 7.10.2024
- SD Desktop: CentOS 7 will no longer be supported after June 2024
- SD Desktop copy-paste functionality via Clipboard is now available, 7.3.2024
- SD Connect (Beta) now available, 13.12.2023
- SD Desktop and SD Connect: service usage restrictions and CSC project closure, 8.9.2023
- SD Desktop: Ubuntu OS now available, 8.9.2023
- Technical issues on SD Connect: follow up 2.2.2023
- Sensitive Data services now have an audited computing environment for secondary use of social and health data 8.6.2022
Training & tutorials
- Finnish translation for Docs CSC, 27.4.2026
- New guide on how to organize courses using CSC services published, 2.3.2026
- Renewed research.csc.fi website launched, 26.02.2025
- Visual changes for Docs CSC, 17.10.2024
- New guide for working with large language models on CSC's supercomputers, 6.9.2024
- New guide for getting started with supercomputing at CSC, 24.7.2024
- New guide for using Python effectively on CSC supercomputers, 27.6.2024
- Spring School on Computational Chemistry materials available for self learning, 10.5.2024
- How to run GROMACS efficiently on LUMI training materials published, 6.2.2024
- Access CSC newsletter and mailing list archives from Docs CSC, 13.12.2023
- New way to provide feedback on pages in Docs CSC, 30.10.2023
- Changes in navigation on Docs CSC, 22.02.2023
- New guide for working with Earth Observation data, 19.01.2023
- Training materials and sources from CSC and partners, 12.12.2022
- A new visual appearance for Docs CSC, 18.8.2022
- Documentation on custom Jupyter notebooks for your courses, 13.6.2022
- Documentation on High-throughput computing and workflows updated, 6.6.2022
- New guide for getting started with machine learning at CSC, 8.4.2022
- How does LUMI-C differ from Mahti? 6.4.2022
- Tutorial on managing data on scratch disks, 5.4.2022
- FireWorks workflow tool, 15.2.2022
- Accessing databases on Rahti from CSC supercomputers, 8.2.2022
- New machine learning guide released, 20.12.2021