The EuroHPC Headquarters In Luxembourg

The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking has been inaugurated in Luxembourg, three years after its launch and eight months after gaining autonomy.

Photo: In addition to hosting the EuroHPC headquarters, Luxembourg is getting a supercomputer called “MeluXina” / Credits © EuroHPC

On 3rd May, the headquarters of the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) was officially inaugurated in Luxembourg.

The mission of the EuroHPC JU is to develop, deploy, extend and maintain an integrated world-class supercomputing and data infrastructure in the EU and to develop and support a highly competitive and innovative HPC ecosystem. The objective is to make the EU a world leader in the supercomputing industry.

Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Jean Asselborn, Minister of the Economy Franz Fayot, European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton, Chair of the EuroHPC JU Governing Board Dr Herbert Zeisel, and Executive Director of the EuroHPC JU Anders Dam Jensen cut the inaugural ribbon in the new premises based in the Technopolis Gasperich building (Cloche d’Or).

Supercomputer MeluXina active soon

In addition to hosting the EuroHPC headquarters, Luxembourg is getting a supercomputer called “MeluXina” which will soon be activated.

Based in LuxConnect’s DC2 datacenter in Bissen, the European supercomputer follows a first infrastructure operating in Vega, Slovenia.

MeluXina is co-financed by European funds and will be part of the European network of seven supercomputers already procured.

The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking was established in 2018 by the Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1488. A new EU regulation currently under discussion is expected to enter into force in the next months.

The EuroHPC JU is equipping the EU with an infrastructure of petascale and precursor to exascale supercomputers, and developing the necessary technologies, applications and skills for reaching full exascale capabilities by 2023.

Its staff, which now includes 15 highly people, is expected to grow in 2022, after the implementation of the new regulation at the end of 2021.

Since its creation, the EuroHPC JU has operated under the supervision of the Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology of the European Commission (DG CNECT).

Following the JU’s autonomy, the European Commission stopped being involved in the JU’s daily business operations but still remains a member of the EuroHPC Governing Board (50% of all votes).

The Executive Director of the EuroHPC JU, Mr. Jensen is the legal representative of the Joint Undertaking and the chief executive responsible for its day-to-day management in accordance with the decisions of the Governing Board.

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