nhinck3 parent
I haven't seen an estimate for $50m for the super computer but guesstimating based off the available specs it's in the ~$2-300m range.
The current supercomputer was AUD 50m [1] and HP seems to have won a few expansion and other contracts for another AUD 50 - 70 million for the next few years. Which are all reasonable.
But it seems like the budget for the software was anything else than reasonable and has crazy budget overruns...
[1] https://www.tenders.gov.au/Cn/Show/?Id=3fd94307-e8eb-1220-4a...