Greece launches DAEDALUS supercomputer to power Pharos AI Factory

Greece has inaugurated DAEDALUS, a supercomputer in Lavrion near Athens that serves as the compute backbone of its Pharos AI Factory. Built by Hewlett Packard Enterprise on NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper, it delivers 85.69 petaflops sustained and 115 petaflops peak performance; the €36 million acquisition was about 35% funded by EuroHPC JU.

• Sustained performance is 85.69 petaflops, peak reaches 115 petaflops
• Built by HPE on NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper, operated by GRNET
• Acquisition cost €36 million, with EuroHPC JU covering about 35%
• Pharos AI Factory has €30 million in funding, including ~€15 million from the EU