CSC is responsible for the National Grid Initiative (NGI) activities in Finland, and was one of the responsible organizations when the first significant grid research network M-grid for materials science was being realized. Through CSC researchers can have access to the distributed grid computation environments, such as M-grid, EGEE and DEISA.

CSC is a renowned and esteemed partner in European grid development. CSC is participating in the implementation of several significant grid infrastructures, including the EU-funded EGEE and DEISA projects.