{"id":22577,"date":"2026-09-29T14:36:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/greece-to-inaugurate-daedalus-supercomputer-on-october-19-greek-city-times\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T14:36:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:36:33","slug":"greece-to-inaugurate-daedalus-supercomputer-on-october-19-greek-city-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/greece-to-inaugurate-daedalus-supercomputer-on-october-19-greek-city-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece to Inaugurate Daedalus Supercomputer on October 19 \u2013 Greek City Times"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Greece\u2019s national supercomputer Daedalus will be officially inaugurated on October 19<\/strong>, Digital Governance and Artificial Intelligence Minister Dimitris Papastergiou announced on Tuesday.<\/h3>\n
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Greece Daedalus supercomputer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The inauguration will take place at the Lavrion Technological Cultural Park<\/strong>, marking a major step in Greece\u2019s plans to expand its high performance computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Papastergiou made the announcement during an event marking 65 years of operation of the National Centre for Scientific Research (NCSR) Demokritos<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are joining forces with GRNET, Demokritos and Growthfund to provide infrastructure on which the next phase of artificial intelligence in our country will be built,\u201d Papastergiou said.<\/p>\n

He highlighted Greece\u2019s growing role as a regional infrastructure hub, pointing to its geographical position between Europe, Asia and Africa and the network of telecommunications and energy cables crossing the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreece lies at the crossroads of three continents,\u201d Papastergiou said, adding that the country is increasingly becoming a hub for data centres.<\/p>\n

Greece plans next generation AI infrastructure<\/h3>\n

Papastergiou also said plans for GigaFactories<\/strong>, large scale artificial intelligence infrastructure designed to support very high computing demands, are moving towards implementation.<\/p>\n

He said Greece is preparing to take the next major step after Daedalus through the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking<\/strong>, with the aim of positioning the country among Europe\u2019s leading locations for very large scale computing systems.<\/p>\n

The government is also preparing to combine the capabilities of Daedalus with a new supercomputer planned for Kozani<\/strong>, Papastergiou said.<\/p>\n

The first tenders for the Kozani project are expected to be launched in October.<\/p>\n

The projects form part of Greece\u2019s broader effort to expand domestic computing capacity and create infrastructure capable of supporting artificial intelligence research, applications and data intensive technologies.<\/p>\n

The October 19 inauguration of Daedalus will therefore mark not only the launch of a new national computing facility, but also the beginning of a wider expansion of Greece\u2019s high performance computing infrastructure.<\/p>\n