HPE and Mizuho Securities have announced a new infrastructure initiative in Japan. Mizuho Securities will deploy the HPE Cray XD2000 with direct liquid cooling. The company will also build a new data center designed for direct liquid cooling.
The new infrastructure will support Mizuho Securities as it advances its global business strategy. It will also help the company deliver higher-value financial products and services. Furthermore, the infrastructure will support a broader customer base across global markets.
Installation of the liquid cooling equipment will begin this fall. The network buildout will also start during the same period. Operational validation will follow the infrastructure installation. The new system is expected to enter production in mid-2027.
“HPE systems have long underpinned Mizuho Securities’ financial business, and we are delighted that Mizuho Securities is the first in Japan’s financial sector to select HPE Cray XD2000 featuring direct liquid cooling as the foundation for its next stage of growth,” said Hirokazu Mochizuki, senior vice president and managing director for HPE Japan. “As Mizuho Securities advances its global business, we see consistent, sustainable compute performance as vital to supporting increasingly demanding financial simulations. Drawing on more than 50 years of liquid cooling technology and HPC expertise, HPE looks forward to deepening this longstanding relationship and supporting the company as it continues to grow and deliver greater value to its customers.”
HPE Cray XD2000 Supports Growing Financial Simulation Needs
Mizuho Securities operates a Global Markets department serving customers in Japan and international markets. The department provides various financial products and services. These offerings include public bonds, corporate bonds, equities, and derivatives. Meanwhile, financial simulations continue to become more demanding. Mizuho Securities performs more than 360 million calculations each day. These calculations support derivatives pricing and risk quantification.
The simulations also incorporate market risk and counterparty credit risk. Also the amount of calculations keep on increasing every year. Thus, the company needs infrastructure capable of providing a consistent level of compute performance. As Mizuho Securities expands its business, the system resources needed are also growing. The company needs infrastructure that can scale to support this growth. At the same time, it wants to be prepared for the next generation of monetary systems.
Against this background, Mizuho Securities selected the HPE Cray XD2000. The system features direct liquid cooling for demanding compute workloads. This deployment will strengthen the company’s financial technology infrastructure.
Direct Liquid Cooling Strengthens Data Center Infrastructure
Mizuho Securities is building a new data center for its expanding compute requirements. The facility will support current cooling demands and future infrastructure expansion. The design will specifically accommodate direct liquid cooling technology. The HPE Cray XD2000 provides a density-optimized, scale-out compute architecture. Its direct liquid cooling system removes heat directly from critical components. As a result, the system can improve computing efficiency for demanding workloads.
According to HPE, the configuration delivers up to 20% higher performance per kilowatt. This compares with traditional air-cooled solutions. The system can also consume 15% less power under the stated configuration. Mizuho Securities expects additional performance improvements from the deployment. The company anticipates 1.6 times the performance per server node. This comparison applies to its current infrastructure environment.
Therefore, the HPE Cray XD2000 will help strengthen compute capacity. It will also support more demanding financial simulation workloads. At the same time, direct liquid cooling can support greater infrastructure efficiency.
“Mizuho Financial Group is advancing its Global Corporate and Investment Banking strategy, which integrates commercial banking and investment banking capabilities on a global scale,” said Ken Utsunomiya, Operating Officer, CIO, CPrO, Head of Global IT and Head of Global Operations, Mizuho Securities. “To execute this strategy and deliver higher-value financial products and services to more customers, strengthening our compute infrastructure by transitioning from air cooling to liquid cooling and ensuring reliable operations is essential to our continued business growth. Through this initiative, we will enhance our ability to address increasingly demanding and complex financial simulation requirements and deliver even greater value to our customers.”
Infrastructure Sets the Stage for Next-Gen Private AI
HPE Services will provide monitoring and maintenance capabilities to support the new infrastructure. The services will give real-time visibility into system operations. Monitoring includes the liquid cooling infrastructure and power infrastructure in the direct. Automated alerts on coolant leaks will also guaranty operational stability. These capabilities will help Mizuho Securities to manage its first direct liquid cooled system.
The first installation will have eight server nodes. But Mizuho Securities wants to grow the infrastructure slowly. The company will increase server and rack capacity in phases. Mizuho Securities also will perform test on the system in its production environment. Thus, the company can assess the benefits of direct liquid cooling. It will also serve as operational insight for future infrastructure decisions.
The new deployment will be used to validate direct liquid cooling. At the same time, it will review GPU-accelerated computing for future private AI efforts. The move underscores the increasing role of HPE Cray XD2000 infrastructure in sophisticated financial computing. Mizuho Securities wants to pair scalable compute with efficient cooling technology. This means the company can prepare its infrastructure for more and more complex workloads.
The program also is in line with the company’s overall global business plan. As financial services become more computationally intensive, robust infrastructure remains essential. So Mizuho Securities is building its technology foundation for future growth. The new infrastructure will allow for financial simulations and risk analysis. It will also lay a path toward future private AI capabilities. Mizuho Securities expects this method to improve compute performance and operational scalability.
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News Source: Businesswire.com
