The inauguration of Greece’s national supercomputer, “DAEDALUS” was held on Monday at the Lavrio Technological and Cultural Park of the National Technical University of Athens in eastern Attica, in the presence of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
DAEDALUS It is the most powerful computing system recorded in Greece to date.
The supercomputer has a measured computing performance of 85.69 petaflops, ranking 31st worldwide in the TOP500 list and 23rd in the Green500 ranking of energy efficiency.
It is housed in the new data center in the historic building of the former Lavrio power station and represents a major national computing infrastructure.
The project is being implemented by the National Infrastructures for Research and Technology (GRNET), with a total budget of € 58.9 million.
It will provide computing resources to universities, research centers, start-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises, and public sector organizations, supporting scientific simulations, large-scale data processing and the training of artificial intelligence models.
It also serves as the computing backbone of Greece’s PHAROS AI Factory, which connects the infrastructure with tools and expertise to support the development of applications by the research and business communities.
The project is part of Greece’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan, “Greece 2.0”, and is funded with support from the European Union through NextGenerationEU and the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU).
Technical specifications
Daedalus has a measured computing performance of 85.69 petaflops, ranking 31st globally in the TOP500 list and 23rd in the Green500 energy-efficiency ranking, according to the June 2026 rankings.
The system is based on Hewlett Packard Enterprise architecture and uses NVIDIA GH200 accelerators, combining central processing units (CPUs) with graphics processing units (GPUs). Direct liquid cooling technology helps manage heat and energy consumption.
Its storage infrastructure includes a 1-petabyte high-performance NVMe system and 10 petabytes of total usable storage capacity. The system is designed to support scientific research, large-scale data processing and the development and training of AI systems, serving users across academia, research, business and the public sector.
The project forms part of a wider European effort to expand high-performance computing infrastructure and strengthen research, innovation and competitiveness.