Greece unveils Dedal supercomputer, €58.9m; North Macedonia listed as possible partner
Dedal, an 85.69 petaflops system launched on October 19, 2026 in Lavrio, will offer research and SME access under EU-supported funding.
Greece has put into operation its most powerful supercomputer, Dedal, a national investment of €58.9 million designed to accelerate artificial intelligence development and expand high-performance computing capacity for companies and research institutions.
The system was officially launched on October 19, 2026, at a facility in Lavrio, near Athens, in the presence of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Dedal delivers a peak performance of 85.69 petaflops and occupies the 31st position on global rankings of the world's most powerful supercomputers.
Funding and access plans
The acquisition was financed with support from the European Union, through the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism and the EuroHPC initiative. The new infrastructure is intended to enable universities, research centres and private companies to train advanced AI models, process very large datasets and run complex scientific simulations.
Special emphasis has been placed on small and medium-sized enterprises and startups: under European rules, a portion of Dedal’s computing resources will be available free of charge for eligible companies. Broader commercial and institutional access is scheduled to begin in March 2027.
Greece has also mentioned regional cooperation opportunities, naming North Macedonia, Serbia, Cyprus and Malta as potential partners that could benefit from shared use of the new infrastructure.
In parallel, Athens is preparing a second supercomputing installation in Kozani, for which equipment and software purchases worth €21.57 million have been planned, part of a broader effort to strengthen Greece’s position in Europe’s technology ecosystem.
Photo: press material from the event
