This photograph shows the pipes of the Alps supercomputer's cooling system at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), in Lugano, southern Switzerland, on August 27, 2026. Researchers who copied vast troves of NASA's climate and environmental data onto drives connected to a Swiss supercomputer expect its artificial intelligence modelling to accelerate a life-saving forecasting revolution underway. (Photo by Til BUERGY / AFP via Getty Images)

Professor of climate physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) Reto Knutti poses next to the Alps supercomputer, at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) in Lugano, on August 27, 2026. Researchers who copied vast troves of NASA's climate and environmental data onto drives connected to a Swiss supercomputer expect its artificial intelligence modelling to accelerate a life-saving forecasting revolution underway. (Photo by Til BUERGY / AFP via Getty Images)

Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) director Thomas Schulthess poses in a server room, at the CSCS, in Lugano, southern Switzerland, on August 27, 2026. Researchers who copied vast troves of NASA's climate and environmental data onto drives connected to a Swiss supercomputer expect its artificial intelligence modelling to accelerate a life-saving forecasting revolution underway. (Photo by Til BUERGY / AFP via Getty Images)

Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) director Thomas Schulthess poses next to the Alps supercomputer, at the CSCS, in Lugano, southern Switzerland, on August 27, 2026. Researchers who copied vast troves of NASA's climate and environmental data onto drives connected to a Swiss supercomputer expect its artificial intelligence modelling to accelerate a life-saving forecasting revolution underway. (Photo by Til BUERGY / AFP via Getty Images)

Professor of climate physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) Reto Knutti poses next to the Alps supercomputer, at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) in Lugano, on August 27, 2026. Researchers who copied vast troves of NASA's climate and environmental data onto drives connected to a Swiss supercomputer expect its artificial intelligence modelling to accelerate a life-saving forecasting revolution underway. (Photo by Til BUERGY / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph shows the Alps supercomputer at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), in Lugano, southern Switzerland, on August 27, 2026. Researchers who copied vast troves of NASA's climate and environmental data onto drives connected to a Swiss supercomputer expect its artificial intelligence modelling to accelerate a life-saving forecasting revolution underway. (Photo by Til BUERGY / AFP via Getty Images)

An employee replaces a component from the Alps supercomputer at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) in Lugano, southern Switzerland, on August 27, 2026. Researchers who copied vast troves of NASA's climate and environmental data onto drives connected to a Swiss supercomputer expect its artificial intelligence modelling to accelerate a life-saving forecasting revolution underway. (Photo by Til BUERGY / AFP via Getty Images)

Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) director Thomas Schulthess (L) discuss with professor of climate physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) Reto Knutti next to the Alps supercomputer, at the CSCS, in Lugano, southern Switzerland, on August 27, 2026. Researchers who copied vast troves of NASA's climate and environmental data onto drives connected to a Swiss supercomputer expect its artificial intelligence modelling to accelerate a life-saving forecasting revolution underway. (Photo by Til BUERGY / AFP via Getty Images)