HPE GreenLake for High Performance Computing (HPC) delivers a fully managed, on-premises HPC service with a flexible, pay-per-use consumption model. This approach brings the agility and financial model of the public cloud to a customer's own data center or colocation facility. It eliminates the need for large upfront capital investment and the complexities of managing HPC infrastructure. Customers gain access to purpose-built HPC systems, software, and expertise, paying only for the capacity they consume. This allows organizations to scale resources up or down based on demand, accelerating time to insight for complex research and data-intensive workloads.

B. HPE GreenLake provides the underlying HPC infrastructure (hardware and platform software) but does not bundle specific third-party GPU design tools as its core offering.

C. While the service can be deployed in a colocation facility, HPE GreenLake's primary value is the managed, consumption-based service model, not the physical data center hosting itself.

D. Partner promotions like cloud credits are not the fundamental service. The core offering is the consumption-based infrastructure model, independent of any temporary or specific partner benefits.

1. HPE GreenLake for High Performance Computing Solution Brief (a00109698enw

March 2022): Page 2

"The HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform for HPC" section states

"HPE GreenLake for HPC is a fully managed service that allows you to get the HPC experience you need... with an on-premises solution... You get a fully customized HPC solution

with a pay-for-what-you-use payment model." This directly supports the on-premises

cloud-like consumption model.

2. HPE GreenLake for High Performance Computing (HPC) Data Sheet (a50002549enw

October 2022): Page 1

under "Benefits

" it highlights

"Avoid large upfront costs and align cash flow to usage with a flexible

pay-per-use model." This confirms the consumption-based nature of the service.

3. HPE Official Website

"HPE GreenLake for High Performance Computing": The overview section frequently describes the service as delivering "the cloud experience on-premises" and enabling customers to "pay only for what you use." This reinforces the core concept of an on-premises

cloud-like consumption model. (Refer to the main product page for HPE GreenLake for HPC).