Europe Inaugurates Jupiter Exascale Supercomputer for AI Race
The €500 million machine, unveiled in Germany on September 6, is Europe's first exascale system, aimed at competing with the U.S. and China.
A Leap in European Computing
Europe inaugurated its first "exascale" supercomputer, named Jupiter, at the Juelich Supercomputing Centre in Germany on September 6, 2025. The machine is capable of performing at least one quintillion, or one billion billion, calculations per second. The project, which cost €500 million ($580 million), was jointly funded by the European Union and Germany and represents a significant step in the region's efforts to build sovereign computing capacity.
According to Thomas Lippert, head of the Juelich center, Jupiter is 20 times more powerful than any other computer in Germany. Its immense processing power will be …
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