The Academic Computer Center CYFRONET AGH is the longest-operating and one of the largest supercomputing and networking centres in Poland, with a history of providing access to supercomputing resources dating back to 1975. See the History of Cyfronet.
For years, ACC Cyfronet AGH has been the operator of the fastest supercomputers in Poland, repeatedly listed on the TOP500 world list, as well as very high-capacity data storage systems. It has three data centres, its own fibre-optic network, as well as technical facilities, personnel and competencies, allowing it to operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The centre is an administrator of the MAN network in Krakow and is an essential node of the PIONIER academic network, connected to the European GÉANT network.
Cyfronet is the organiser and leader of the PLGrid Consortium, consolidating national computing resources and providing a range of unique computing and IT support services for science, as well as the leader of the National Competence Center in HPC, which acts as a contact and access point for HPC for both academia and innovative entities in the economy and public administration.