Merz launches Europe’s fastest supercomputer, hails it as "breakthrough"
(MENAFN) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz inaugurated Jupiter, Europe’s most powerful supercomputer, on Friday, hailing it as a "technological breakthrough" and a significant step toward Germany’s ambition to become an "AI nation."
The exascale system, capable of performing over one quintillion operations per second—equivalent to the computing power of around one million smartphones—was revealed at the Julich Research Center in northwestern Germany.
"As a nation with a long tradition of scientific excellence and industrial strength, we must aspire to play a significant role—indeed, a leading role—in this technological revolution," Merz said. "We've included this commitment in our coalition agreement and distilled it to one simple sentence: We want Germany to become an AI nation."
Valued at €500 million ($588 million) and ranked as the fourth fastest computer globally, the system marks a major boost to Europe’s technological infrastructure. Funding was provided through the European supercomputing initiative EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (50%), with the German federal government and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia each contributing 25%.
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