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ICON team wins Gordon Bell Prize using JUPITER and Alps supercomputers

A Max Planck Institute and DKRZ led team won the ACM Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling at SC25, running the ICON Earth system model at 1.25 kilometre global resolution on Germany's JUPITER and Switzerland's Alps supercomputers.

Verified AI-drafted Forschungszentrum Jülich press release, 21 November 2025

What it does not test. It does not establish new funding or a new procurement decision for either supercomputer.

How this item counts. This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the European Sovereignty Index.

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