The STFC commissioned Technopolis Group to undertake a baseline evaluation of the Hartree Centre; a high performance computing and data analytics research facility that seeks to transform the competitiveness of UK industry, by accelerating the adoption of data-centric computing, big data and cognitive technologies.

The aims of the project were:

1. To measure and demonstrate the benefits and socio-economic impact of Hartree to-date, providing an evidence-based understanding of the value (outputs and impacts) generated from both public and private investment in the Centre and its activities during Phase 1 and Phase 2; and
2. To develop a Benefits Realisation Framework and Plan for Hartree that will help drive and capture the intended positive advantages of Hartree in the future (i.e. during Phase 3 of the Centre), as well as support STFC evaluation plans for other large capital spending programmes more generally.

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Paul Simmonds
Group Holding

Vivek Seth
Principal Consultant

Neil Brown
Partner

Cristina Rosemberg Montes
Managing Partner