Sovereign AI
Sovereign programme record · EuroHPC JU · 2021–2027
EuroHPC JU: programme funding and hardware
EU-Wide: EuroHPC Joint Undertaking
The reconciliation
This record has no dollar amount for these funding stages. Programme details and source amounts appear below.
Operating compute / delivered hardware. Reported operational or delivered: ~24,000 NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip (JUPITER, Eviden BullSequana XH3000) (physical hardware).
Hardware on record
| Model | Count | Status | Organisation / role |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip (JUPITER, Eviden BullSequana XH3000) | ~24,000 | Operational | EuroHPC JU / Forschungszentrum Jülich |
Physical hardware: Whole JUPITER system, described by EuroHPC in November 2025. Primary source · 2025-11-17 | |||
| NVIDIA H100 (LISA upgrade, 166 8-way BullSequana AI 600 servers) | 1,328 | Commissioning | EuroHPC JU / CINECA (Leonardo, Bologna — IT4LIA AI Factory) |
Physical hardware: Whole LISA extension: 166 servers with eight H100 GPUs each, also described under Italy and EuroHPC. Primary source · 2026-06-11 | |||
Empanelled partners · 19
| Partner | Accelerators | Model | Stage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSC – IT Center for Science (LUMI AI Factory, Finland — Round 1) | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2024-12-10 |
CSC leads the LUMI AI Factory in Kajaani, with partners from Finland, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Norway and Poland. | ||||
| High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2024-12-10 |
HLRS leads HammerHAI in Stuttgart, with GWDG, BADW-LRZ, KIT and SICOS as consortium partners. | ||||
| GRNET S.A. (Greece AI Factory, Round 1) | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2024-12-10 |
GRNET leads Pharos, with NCSR Demokritos, Athena Research Center, NTUA and the National Fund of Greece. | ||||
| CINECA Consorzio Interuniversitario (IT4LIA, Italy — Round 1) | — | NVIDIA GB200 NVL4 (Blackwell) | Awarded | Primary source · 2026-04-23 |
CINECA will operate the new IT4LIA supercomputer in Bologna. The April 2026 procurement selected E4 and Dell; the €290 million budget is co-funded equally by EuroHPC and Italian funders. Austria and Slovenia joined the original IT4LIA consortium. | ||||
| LuxProvide (MeluXina AI Factory, Luxembourg — Round 1) | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2024-12-10 |
LuxProvide leads MeluXina-AI in Bissen, with Luxinnovation, Luxembourg National Data Service, the University of Luxembourg and LIST. | ||||
| Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS) (Spain AI Factory, Round 1) | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2024-12-10 |
BSC leads the Spanish AI Factory with FCT in Portugal, TÜBİTAK in Türkiye and ICI Bucharest in Romania. | ||||
| NAISS (Mimer AI Factory, Sweden — Round 1) | 400 | NVIDIA GB200 | Awarded | Primary source · 2026-04-21 |
Physical hardware: Whole MIMER design: 100 nodes with 400 GB200 GPUs. Sweden and EuroHPC each allocate half the computing resources. Primary source · 2026-04-21 MIMER’s April 2026 procurement selected Bull to supply 400 GB200 GPUs across 100 nodes. NAISS planned installation in Linköping later in 2026; RISE is its AI Factory partner. | ||||
| TU Wien (Austria AI Factory, Round 2) | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2025-03-12 |
TU Wien leads AI:AT with Advanced Computing Austria and the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology. | ||||
| Sofia Tech Park (Bulgaria AI Factory, Round 2) | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2025-03-12 |
Sofia Tech Park will host BRAIN++, whose planned Discoverer++ supercomputer will support AI development and testing. | ||||
| GENCI (France AI Factory, Round 2) | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2025-03-12 |
GENCI leads AI Factory France, with AMIAD, CEA, CINES, CNRS, France Universités, Inria, French Tech, Station F and Hub France IA. | ||||
| Forschungszentrum Jülich / Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JUPITER AIF, Germany — Round 2) | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2025-03-12 |
The JUPITER AI Factory combines Jülich’s computing facilities with expertise from RWTH Aachen, Fraunhofer FIT and IAIS, and the Hessian Center for AI. | ||||
| PSNC (PIAST-AI, Poland — Round 2) | — | — | — | Primary source · 2025-06-23 |
PSNC signed a hosting agreement in June 2025 and planned more than 1,000 GPUs. A June 2026 account by PSNC staff targets new-infrastructure procurement in 2027 and full operation in 2028. | ||||
| IZUM (Slovenia AI Factory, Round 2) | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2025-03-12 |
IZUM leads the Slovenian AI Factory consortium with the Jožef Stefan Institute, ARNES and five universities. | ||||
| VSB-TUO / IT4Innovations (CZAI, Czech Republic — Round 3) | ~340 | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2025-10-10 |
Physical hardware: Whole planned KarolAIna machine; EuroHPC receives half its computing time and services. Primary source · 2025-10-10 IT4Innovations plans KarolAIna with approximately 340 AI chips and a target of 850 PFlop/s for AI operations; chip model and numerical precision are unspecified. The approximately €40 million project budget covers the machine and services, funded equally by EuroHPC and Czechia. | ||||
| Vilnius University (LitAI Factory, Lithuania — Round 3) | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2025-10-10 |
Vilnius University leads LitAI with Kaunas University of Technology, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vytautas Magnus University, the State Data Agency, LRTC and Innovation Agency Lithuania. | ||||
| AIFNL Foundation (NLAIF, Netherlands — Round 3) | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2025-10-10 |
The AIFNL Foundation leads the Dutch AI Factory consortium with SURF, Samenwerking Noord, TNO and AIC4NL. | ||||
| Cyfronet AGH (Gaia AI Factory, Poland — Round 3) | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2025-10-10 |
Cyfronet AGH leads Gaia, the second Polish AI Factory selected by EuroHPC. It will use PLGrid infrastructure. | ||||
| ICI Bucharest (RO AI Factory, Romania — Round 3) | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2025-10-10 |
ICI Bucharest leads RO AI with Politehnica Bucharest, TU Cluj-Napoca, the biological sciences and AI research institutes, Transilvania IT, the Romanian SME council and the Romanian DIH association. | ||||
| Galicia Supercomputing Center (CESGA) (1HealthAI, Spain — Round 3) | — | — | Empanelled | Primary source · 2025-10-10 |
CESGA hosts 1HealthAI for human, animal and environmental health. CSIC co-leads the consortium, which includes the universities of A Coruña, Santiago de Compostela and Vigo, DATAlife and Gradiant. | ||||
External dependence
NVIDIA hardware: High · US technology: High. These are editorial assessments based on the programme’s procurement disclosures.
Named partners: EU Commission, EuroHPC participating countries, NVIDIA, AMD, HPE, Eviden.
EuroHPC co-funds supercomputers and access services with participating countries. Its three AI Factory selections, from December 2024 to October 2025, named 19 sites. JUPITER reached one exaflop on the LINPACK benchmark and ranked fourth in the November 2025 TOP500. LISA adds 1,328 H100 GPUs to Leonardo in Bologna; its June 2026 inauguration announcement targeted user access that summer. The wider EuroHPC budget is at least €8.2 billion for 2021–27 and includes supercomputing and quantum activities.
Data-quality caveats on this record · 6
- The €8.2 billion budget includes €4.1 billion from EU programmes and a similar contribution from participating countries. Private members are expected to contribute a further €900 million; these amounts cover different funding sources within the wider EuroHPC programme.
- The September 2024 AI supercomputer call offered up to €800 million in EU funding, matched by participating countries.
- LISA’s €50 million budget covers acquisition, installation, operation and support. Its relationship to the wider budget is not itemised in the inauguration announcement.
- The GPU entries cover JUPITER and LISA. EuroHPC describes JUPITER’s accelerator count as approximately 24,000 GH200 superchips.
- The 13 AI Factory Antennas selected in October 2025 had an EU funding contribution of around €55 million, matched by participating states.
- The partner list includes selected AI Factory hosts and consortium members. Selection announcements do not specify a GPU allocation for every member.
The evidence trail
16 cited sources- EuroHPC membership, activities and at least €8.2 billion budget for 2021–27 — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08
- JUPITER: November 2025 LINPACK result, TOP500 position and approximate accelerator count — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08
- LISA inauguration: 166 eight-GPU servers, €50 million scope and expected summer 2026 access — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08
- CINECA roadmap: Leonardo enhancement and planned LISA capabilities — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08
- December 2024 selection: seven AI Factory hosts and their consortia — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08
- March 2025 selection: six AI Factory hosts and their consortia — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08
- October 2025 selection: six further AI Factory hosts and their consortia — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08
- October 2025 selection: 13 Antennas and matched EU funding — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08
- April 2026 IT4LIA procurement: E4 and Dell, €290 million budget and GB200 NVL4 design — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08
- April 2026 MIMER procurement: 400 GB200 GPUs, funding scope and planned installation — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08
- June 2025 PIAST-AI hosting agreement, consortium and planned GPU infrastructure — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08
- May 2026 PIAST-AI consortium meeting on GPU procurement and work packages — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08
- June 2026 account by PSNC staff: new-infrastructure procurement planned for 2027 and full operations for 2028 — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08
- IT4Innovations: planned KarolAIna design, approximate chip count and project funding — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08
- 1HealthAI project: CESGA hosting and the One Health consortium — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08
- September 2024 AI supercomputer call: EU funding ceiling and matching national contributions — Primary source · accessed 2026-09-08
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