In an increasingly digitized world and where artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way we work, investigate and relate, the supercomputing has established itself as the rod of measure technological power. It is a strategic resource that allows us to accelerate advances in science, innovation and defense.
Not all super -taders play in the same league. Frontierof the United States Department of Energy, marked a milestone in 2022 by becoming the first to officially overcome the exaescala barrier, with 1,102 Exaflops in the Benchmark HPL. To that achievement they joined later The Captain and Auroraalso on American soil, consolidating its leadership position on paper. In the case of China, the information remains opaque, With very few public data about the status of their projects.
Europe, however, just moved. Your first superorous to exaescala is already underway: Jupiter. Installed in the Jülich Supercomputing Centerin Germany, one of the most important advanced research poles of the continent.
Jupiter is driven by the platform Nvidia Grace Hopper And Evidan xh3000 Bullsequana architecture is based on a liquid -refrigerated system designed to squeeze efficiency and performance. It is expected to reach up to 90 exaflops in artificial intelligence loads. Their applications will be diverse: from climatic research to neuroscience and quantum simulation, placing Europe in a new calculation capacity league.
An inauguration with historical air
September 5 The official inauguration ceremony in Jülich took placewith the presence of German authorities, European and leaders of the technology industry. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz presented him as a Pioneer project for Europe.
“With Jupiter, Germany now has the fastest supercomputer in Europe and the fastest room in the world. Open completely new possibilities, from the training of AI models to scientific simulations.”
In the Top500 list, Jupiter already appears as the fourth Most powerful supercomputer in the world, only behind the Captain, Frontier and Aurora in the United States. The European Union stands outIn addition, what works entirely with renewable energyby hiring green supply on the German network, and that its Rack Jedi leads the Green500 energy efficiency classification.
The figures behind Jupiter
To understand its magnitude, just review some technical data:
- 24,000 superchips nvidia gh200 grace hopper
- 51,000 network connections with infiniband quantum-2 technology
- Storage capacity close to an exabyte
- Modular installation with 50 specialized containers
- Maximum consumption of 17 MW, equivalent to about 11,000 homes
- A rack called Jedi leads the World Energy Efficiency Classification
Why is it relevant to Europe
Europe had been behind in the supercomputing career for years, with a landscape dominated by the United States. JUPITER offers researchers, companies and academic centers direct access to a top -level machine without depending on external resources. This means forming their own talent, consolidating experience in the management of these systems and reinforcing technological sovereignty at a time when artificial intelligence and calculation capacity have become strategic issues.
Concrete applications
The first projects already selected show how far a supercomputer of this category can go:
- Climate: The ECMWF works with a kilometer scale simulations, capable of representing extreme storms and feeding the Destination Earth project, whose objective is to build digital twins of the planet
- European: The Trustllm consortium trains language models in multiple European languages for industrial and scientific applications
- Neuroscience: With the arbor simulator, neurons behavior will be modeled at the subcellular level, key to developing therapies against diseases such as Alzheimer’s
- Quantum: JUPITER aims to exceed the 50 -QBITS record in simulation, a relevant step towards quantum practical computing
- Astrophysics: The Max Planck Institute will use it to study cosmic reion, the period in which the first stars and galaxies emerged
- Particle physics: The University of Wuppertal will increase the resolution of its calculations on the Mon, which could open the door to new discoveries
- Video models: The University of Munich explores compression and dissemination architectures to advance applications that go from medicine to autonomous driving
- Multimodal models: The University of Lisbon Scale open and multilingual models, integrating different fields of science and automatic learning
Access and future
Researchers may request access to the system in calls that will be held twice a year. At the moment, there are already 30 projects underway. The expected useful life is at least six years, which guarantees continuity and stability in a land where technological cycles are increasingly fast.
A strategic movement
Jupiter is not just a technological achievement. It is a strategic commitment to provide Europe on their own capacity in an area where part of the future of artificial science and intelligence is played. With him, the continent finally has a tool that allows him compete at the highest levelwith energy efficiency and technological independence.
Images | Nvidia | Jülich Supercomputing Center
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