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French HPC vendor Bull wins EUR 31 million AEMET supercomputer contract

France's Bull won a EUR 31 million, four year contract from Spain's AEMET to supply hardware, software and 24/7 monitoring for a Madrid based weather and climate supercomputer, extending a partnership dating to 2015.

Verified AI-drafted Bull press release (GlobeNewswire), 10 September 2026

What it does not test. Does not establish that AEMET's compute stack is free of non-European components inside Bull's systems.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Extends existing 2015 Bull-AEMET deal; no answer changes, parts inside unverified. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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