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KIT puts HoreKa 2 supercomputer into operation at Karlsruhe, EUR 17 million

KIT put its new HoreKa 2 supercomputer into operation at Karlsruhe, delivering around 33 petaflops peak performance from 42,000 plus processor cores and 300 AI accelerators. The facility cost EUR 17 million.

Verified AI-drafted KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) press release PI 2026/081, 25 September 2026

What it does not test. It does not establish whether HoreKa 2 sits inside the EU wide EuroHPC network or who supplies its underlying chips.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. German-owned HPC operating, but EuroHPC network status and chip supplier untested. 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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