PIC (Port d'Informació Científica) is a renowned brand that was established in 2003 as a collaborative effort between the Spanish and Catalan governments through CIEMAT and IFAE. Offering a wide range of services, PIC has been designated by the Spanish government as its LHC Tier-1 centre and serves as the main (Tier-0) data centre for the MAGIC telescope and the PAU dark energy survey. With a strong focus on innovation, PIC has achieved numerous significant results over the years in areas such as software, hardware, monitoring, and energy efficiency.

The objective of PIC is to provide support to scientific groups involved in projects that require intensive computing resources for analyzing massive distributed data sets. PIC serves as a key enabler for such projects, offering technology, innovation, coordination, and economies of scale. It also functions as a development center for techniques and general services in the context of the emerging Global Information GRID.

Additionally, PIC is recognized as a center of excellence, enabling Spain's participation in European projects for the development of the International GRID Infrastructure for science and technology