IBM and ASTRON (ASTRonomisch Onderzoek in Nederland, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy) announced an agreement for a collaboration that will lead to the construction of a new supercomputer for the collection of data from the SKA (Square Kilometre Array), the consortium that aims to build a radio telescope consisting of the largest array of the world. ASTRON allocated an initial sum of 32.9 million Euros for a five years collaboration.