The twin blasts resulted in broken glass and damaged windows at the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin.
The rescue operation has cost the lives of 17 fire-fighters as well.
Also, there was no damage to its database.
However, the centres director Liu Guangming said it had decided to shut the unit citing security concerns.
Rated as the worlds fastest supercomputer in 2010, The Tianhe-1A has been primarily used in Chinas space programme.
The machine weighs 150 tons and covers an area of 1,000 square meters.
We are nearly 20km away, the daily quoted an employee at the rocket production centre as saying.
We are all concerned about the explosions, but production goes on.
source: www.techworm.net
