The University of Ioannina awarded to Optis the supply of computing equipment for the amount of 96,700 euros (including VAT), in the context of the implementation of the project “Operational Fire Risk Protection Platform 2” with the acronym “Ofidia 2”. The European project Ofidia 2 – implemented by the University of Ioannina, the Decentralized Administration of the Epirus of Western Macedonia, the Euro-Mediterranean Climate Change Center of Lecce and the Civil Protection of Apulia – pursues improved precision weather forecasting using the WRF model, online access to historical of forecasts, measurements and events as well as development of an online platform for easy-to-use display of weather forecasts and meteorological measurements with the possibility of updating in real time for operational use. The project is expected to be completed in March 2020, although an extension is not excluded.