Europe's first supercomputer to reach the Exascale class, the Jupiter, was inaugurated on September 5th, in a ceremony held in Julich, Germany.
Capable of performing over 1 quintillion operations per second, the resource sets a new benchmark for computing power on the European continent. According to the June 2025 TOP500 list, the global benchmark for supercomputer rankings, Jupiter already ranks fourth globally and first in Europe.
Jupiter Booster, the supercomputer's accelerated partition, is also identified as the most powerful globally, according to the same list. Furthermore, among the five most powerful supercomputers in the world, Jupiter stands out as the most energy-efficient.
Impact on European science, industry and digitalization
The newly inaugurated supercomputer, like others such as Deucalion and Mare Nostrum 5, funded by the Recovery and Resilience Plan, is designed to drive advances in key areas such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, climate change.
Researchers, engineers and entrepreneurs from across Europe — including Portuguese ones — will be able to apply for computing time through public tenders opened by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (JU) initiative., available at official portal. In Portugal, the EuroCC Portugal supports teams interested in preparing proposals and accessing this world-class infrastructure.
This resource is part of a joint European effort, coordinated by EuroHPC JU, and was developed with financial support from European Union, of the Government of Germany and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
