State Secretary for Infrastructure Susanna Karawanskij visits TU Ilmenau

The State Secretary for Infrastructure, Susanna Karawanskij, was extremely impressed during her tour of the IT Service Center. On 2100 square meters of floor space, the new building will house offices, server and technical rooms, computer pools and various laboratories, including one for virtual reality applications. In the future, the center will provide the ten state universities in Thuringia with all central IT services: server and computer infrastructure, special IT systems, core network nodes, print and plot technology and numerous other services. Originally scheduled for October, theIT service centre will go into operation in the spring of next year after a good three years of construction - in view of the supply problems caused not least by the Corona pandemic, a delay that Susanna Karawanskij has noted with admiration: "Building a computer centre is not exactly something trivial. The cooperation of all those involved can sometimes turn into a thriller. In this respect, I find it impressive how the different requirements were implemented here." The state of Thuringia is investing around 14 million euros in the construction project. Of this, 80 percent is being funded by the European Regional Development Fund, while the remaining 20 percent is being financed by the state itself.