EuroHPC joint undertaking : leading the way in European supercomputing.
Date: 2024-12-16
Institutions: European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking
Subjects: European undertaking, advanced technology industry, artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, impact of information technology, innovation, new technology, quantum technology

The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) pools together 
resources of the European Union (EU), European countries and private partners to develop 
a world class supercomputing ecosystem in Europe, boosting European competitiveness, 
innovation and improving European citizens’ quality of life.

Leading the Way in European Supercomputing

Since 2020, EuroHPC JU is contributing to the EU’s digital autonomy with:

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8 world-class EuroHPC supercomputers deployed across Europe, and increasing European compute 
power by more than 50% – adding 1 ExaFLOP available for European science and industry;

40+ Research & Innovation (R&I) projects supporting European technologies, applications, software 
and skills initiatives;

Access for European users to cutting-edge supercomputing resources and to the most advanced 
public HPC infrastructure in the world – that European scientists can use for free.

European top-notch supercomputers

Enabling European R&I

EuroHPC JU funds an ambitious R&I programme 
to develop a full European HPC ecosystem, with:

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Open hardware and software, with 
projects like the European Processor 
Initiative (EPI), developping the first 
European chip for HPC, that will power 
EuroHPC supercomputer JUPITER, the 
upcoming exascale system in Europe;

12+ Centres of Excellence, to improve 
performance of algorithms in strategic 
domains, and adapt applications to 
exascale and future post-exascale 
supercomputing;

30+ National Competence Centres, 
acting as point of access for HPC in each 
country, supporting adoption of HPC, 
delivering trainings, mapping skills, 
interacting with industy, etc.;

Training courses for the next 
generation of European HPC experts: 
EUMaster4HPC, HPC SPECTRA, and 
more in the future.

Exascale 
supercomputers can 
compute in 1 second 
what the entire world 
population would 
calculate in 6 years, 
doing 1 calculation 
per person/second.

A bright future for European scientific discoveries and competitiveness

EuroHPC JU will continue bringing Europe to the forefront of HPC and quantum computing, with:

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2 world-class exascale supercomputers 
and a system dedicated to European 
industrial users;

Diverse quantum computing technologies, 
integrated into supercomputers across 
Europe;

The interconnection and federation of 
EuroHPC supercomputers and quantum 
computers;

Access to compute power for 
European startups developing Artificial 
Intelligence (AI) models.

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An AI Support Centre, to provide HPC 
services for developers and users of AI 
models;

2 European Quantum Excellence Centres 
dedicated to applications for quantum 
computing;

Innovative energy-efficient HPC 
software technologies tailored to future 
generations of supercomputers;

The EuroHPC Training Academy, to 
develop coordinated and harmonised HPC 
education programmes.

European quantum computers

QUANTUM

Quantum computers integrated into 
supercomputers will be able, for 
defined complex tasks, to compute 
in a few seconds what the fastest 
supercomputer alone would take 
several years. It will accelerate 
calculations, make HPC greener and 
break currently unsolvable problems.

HPC for EU AI startups and research

Trustworthy AI, developed 
by European startups on 
EuroHPC supercomputers, 
will contribute to radically 
accelerating the pace of 
scientific progress -  
bringing about a new 
renaissance of discoveries.

AI

Access EuroHPC supercomputing 
power to boost your research!

Benefits for the planet and for European 
citizens

Supercomputers, quantum computers and AI are 
essential for the digital transformation and will entail a 
revolution in science; they interact as a superpowered 
brain, enabling scientific breakthroughs in every field.

Supercomputing can:

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Model the human body, allowing 
personalised medicine and discover new 
lifesaving treatment faster - like in the 
EuroHPC project MICROCARD, simulating 
the cells of the human heart;

Simulate Earth’s natural phenomena and 
human impacts, contributing to the Green 
and Digital transitions - like in Destination 
Earth project, or in EuroHPC project 
MAELSTROM, using large-scale machine 
learning application for climate science; 

Upgrade engineering design, improving 
sustainability and competitiveness 
of industry - like in EuroHPC project 
NextSim, for lighter and fuel-efficient 
aircrafts, or EXCELLERAT P2, for a low-
carbon mobility and energy production.

Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2024

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