EuroHPC and GRNET inaugurate Greece's DAEDALUS supercomputer

The EuroHPC JU and GRNET S.A. have announced the inauguration of the DAEDALUS supercomputer in Lavrion, Greece.

• DAEDALUS was inaugurated on 19 October 2026 at the Lavrion Technological Cultural Park in Lavrion, Attica, and is now ranked 31st in TOP500 and 23rd in Green500; it is described as Greece’s most powerful supercomputer.
• The system was built by HPE, uses more than 2,000 NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchips, and has direct liquid cooling; it delivers 85.69 petaflops sustained and 115 petaflops peak performance.
• The project has a total acquisition cost of EUR 36 million; EuroHPC JU funds 35% and the remaining 65% is funded by Greece 2.0 / NextGenerationEU.
• DAEDALUS will be hosted in a new data center in a former power station building, powered by renewable energy, and will support AI, medicine, climate and meteorological research, engineering, big data analytics, smart transport systems, and cybersecurity.