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Highlights

  • JUPITER becomes Europe’s first exascale supercomputer, delivering over 1 quintillion FP64 operations per second.

  • Built with nearly 24,000 NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchips and achieves over 90 exaflops of AI performance.

  • Recognized as the most energy-efficient among the world’s top five supercomputers, delivering 60 gigaflops per watt.

NVIDIA has announced that JUPITER, the cutting-edge supercomputer hosted at Germany’s Jülich Supercomputing Centre, has officially become Europe’s fastest supercomputer and among the most powerful globally. Powered by NVIDIA’s Grace Hopper platform, JUPITER has demonstrated more than twice the speed of the next-fastest European system for high-performance computing (HPC) and AI workloads.

JUPITER is the first European supercomputer designed to reach exascale performance, capable of executing 1 quintillion FP64 operations per second. With its immense computational power, the system is set to transform a range of scientific fields, from climate modeling and quantum computing to structural biology and astrophysics.

At the heart of JUPITER are nearly 24,000 NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchips, interconnected through NVIDIA Quantum-2 InfiniBand networking. Together, they deliver more than 90 exaflops of AI performance, setting a new benchmark in performance and scalability. Its liquid-cooled architecture, based on Eviden’s BullSequana XH3000 design, ensures efficient thermal management while supporting extreme workloads.

Notably, JUPITER ranks among the top five systems in the TOP500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers and stands out as the most energy-efficient, achieving 60 gigaflops per watt—a critical metric as data centers face growing pressure to minimize environmental impact.

JUPITER integrates NVIDIA’s entire software stack for maximum performance optimization, enabling scientists and researchers to accelerate time-to-insight across multiple disciplines:

  • Climate and Weather Modeling: Leveraging the NVIDIA Earth-2 platform, JUPITER supports real-time, high-resolution simulations for initiatives like the Earth Virtualization Engines, which aim to build a digital twin of Earth to combat climate change.

  • Quantum Research: Utilizing the CUDA-Q platform and cuQuantum SDK, the system empowers advanced quantum algorithm development and experimentation.

  • Engineering and Manufacturing: Through AI-driven simulation tools like PhysicsNeMo, CUDA-X libraries, and the NVIDIA Omniverse platform, JUPITER supports digital twin technology and next-generation product design.

  • Pharmaceutical Research: The BioNeMo platform enables accelerated AI model training for biomolecular science, streamlining drug discovery and biological insights.

Owned by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking, JUPITER represents a major leap forward in Europe’s digital sovereignty and scientific leadership.