Project description
The high-speed engine of European sovereignty
In the race for AI, the bottleneck is rarely ideas. It is access to computing power, expertise, and trusted pathways from research to deployment. As demand for AI grows across industry and the public sector, the gap between promise and practice has become harder to ignore. With this in mind, the EU-backed JAIF project aims to build around JUPITER, Europe’s first exascale supercomputer. The JUPITER AI Factory is designed as a one-stop hub for start-ups, small businesses, researchers, and public institutions. By pairing world-class high-performance computing with hands-on support and a focus on trustworthy, GDPR-compliant AI, JAIF seeks to turn Europe’s raw computing muscle into usable, real-world innovation, at speed and at scale.
Objective
JAIF, the JUPITER AI Factory, is set to become a core element of the European innovation cluster of AI factories that is being created to accelerate the development and deployment of AI solutions by utilising Europe's powerful HPC infrastructure, particularly across industries with their growing demand. JAIF will act as a one-stop shop with a single point of contact, focusing on the support of European start-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises, industrials, the public sector and scientific research.
A consortium of leading institutions with AI experience has joined forces in JAIF around JUPITER, the first exascale supercomputer in Europe. JAIF’s partners are the Jülich Supercomputing Centre at Forschungszentrum Jülich (JSC at FZJ), the Center for Artificial Intelligence at RWTH Aachen University (AI Center), the Fraunhofer Institutes for Applied Information Technology (FIT) and for Intelligent And Information Systems (IAIS), and the Hessian Center for Artificial Intelligence (hessian.AI).
JAIF will be a cornerstone of Europe’s AI innovation ecosystem, leveraging the capabilities of the JUPITER exascale supercomputer to accelerate AI development and deployment. By providing a one-stop shop for start-ups, SMEs, industrials, JAIF supports innovation across key sectors, while ensuring GDPR compliance and trustworthy AI practices. With a consortium of leading institutions and an ambitious service portfolio, JAIF addresses the growing demand for AI solutions, bridges gaps in expertise, fosters collaboration across Europe, and strengthens Europe's position as leader in AI-driven prosperity and growth.
As part of JAIF, JUPITER will be extended with the inference system JARVIS.
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HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space
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HORIZON.2.4.7 - Advanced Computing and Big Data
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HORIZON.2.4.5 - Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
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HORIZON-JU-RIA - HORIZON JU Research and Innovation Actions
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2025-AI-01-IBA
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52428 JULICH
Germany
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