DAEDALUS, Greece's national supercomputer, inaugurated in Lavrion
DAEDALUS, with a measured performance of 85.69 petaflops, was inaugurated on October 19 in Lavrion. It is the computing core of the PHAROS AI Factory; according to GRNET, user access is planned to open gradually in December.
Source of truthgrnet.gr/…/national-hpc-daedalus_inaugu…Greece's national supercomputer DAEDALUS was inaugurated on Monday, October 19, at the Lavrion Technological Cultural Park of the National Technical University of Athens, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis attending. The project was delivered by GRNET.
What it is. DAEDALUS has a measured (sustained) performance of 85.69 petaflops and, according to EuroHPC, a peak performance of 115 petaflops. On its first appearance, in the June 2026 lists, it placed 31st in the TOP500 ranking of the world's most powerful supercomputers and 23rd in the Green500. EuroHPC describes it as the most powerful supercomputer ever ranked in Greece. It was built by HPE on more than 2,000 NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchips with direct liquid cooling.
Who it is for. It is the computing core of PHAROS, the Greek AI Factory in EuroHPC's European network, which focuses on health, language and culture, and sustainability. It is not only for AI: it is a general-purpose supercomputer, also meant for physics, chemistry, biomedicine and climate work. Access will be open to universities and researchers, startups and SMEs, industry and the public sector, through calls by GRNET, EuroHPC and PHAROS. According to Minister Papastergiou, services will start in December after testing. GRNET says user access will open gradually during December, and that the exact conditions and deadlines will be announced when production starts.
What it cost. The two official sources give different figures. EuroHPC states a total acquisition cost of €36 million, 35% funded by EuroHPC and 65% by the Greece 2.0 recovery plan. GRNET states a total budget of €58.9 million including VAT: €41 million for HPE's equipment and €17.9 million for electromechanical and data center works by MainSys.
The minister also mentioned a new supercomputer coming to Kozani, without details.
If you are a university researcher or run a startup that needs large computing power, for example for AI work in health or the Greek language (PHAROS focus areas), you will be able to apply through calls by GRNET, EuroHPC or PHAROS. The calls are for universities and researchers, startups and SMEs, industry and the public sector. No user pricing has been announced; terms will be published when production starts.
Other sources: eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/…/eurohpc-ju-and-g…
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