Archive · 5 Sep 2025
Europe Launches Jupiter Supercomputer to Advance in AI
Jupiter is Europe's fastest supercomputer, a super-powerful machine in Germany that can do a quintillion calculations per second.
It can help Europe catch up in AI, a field where the U.S. and China lead.
This computer can help with many things, like designing new medicines, predicting climate change, and improving clean energy.
The EU and Germany funded it, but it relies on some U.S. tech.
It's very fast and energy-efficient, using the most recent hardware and waste heat to heat nearby buildings.
Jupiter is Europe's first exascale supercomputer, capable of a quintillion calculations/second.
The supercomputer is located at the Juelich Supercomputing Centre in Germany.
It aims to help Europe compete in artificial intelligence with the U.S. and China.
It can be used for climate forecasting, drug development, and clean energy research.
Jupiter consumes about 11 megawatts of power, but is energy-efficient among top systems.
- Who
- European Union and Germany
- What
- Inauguration of the Jupiter supercomputer
- When
- Launched on Friday
- Where
- Juelich Supercomputing Centre, Germany
- Why
- To advance in AI and scientific research
- Name
- Jupiter
- Location
- Juelich Supercomputing Centre, Germany
- Speed
- 1 quintillion calculations per second
- Purpose
- AI model training and research
- Power Source
- 11 megawatts
- Chips
- Nvidia
- Owner
- EuroHPC JU and Germany
