PRACE is pleased to announce that Phase I of its Pre-commercial Procurement (PCP) was completed on March 9, 2015. PRACE started this pre-commercial procurement (PCP) to obtain R&D services, which should result in future PRACE HPC systems to become more energy efficient. The process is highly competitive, and during Phase I the companies Bull, E4, Maxeler and Megware explored the various possible solutions. All of them have now been invited to bid for Phase II during which prototypes for the three most promising solutions will be built. This phase is expected to start in May 2015. To read further, please visit http://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/prace-completes-first-phase-of-pre-commercial-procurement/ .