Not an arms race or a space race, but perhaps a new big data race to build the first exascale supercomputer. July 21, 2017 by securewebsite It’s just a $430 MILLION dollar computer. China currently has the world’s fastest supercomputer and is in a race with the US to build the first exascale supercomputer. It’s not an arms race or a space race but perhaps a new big data race.