Countries / Europe
Greece
Greece is building the DAEDALUS supercomputer at Lavrio and has a Pharos AI Factory, under a national AI strategy now in implementation.
The Pharos AI Factory serves health, culture and language, and sustainability, using the EuroHPC DAEDALUS system, a 58.9 million euro project at the Lavrion Technological and Cultural Park in Attica run by GRNET. Implementation began on 26 March 2025. EuroHPC lists DAEDALUS at 89 petaflops sustained, on HPE NVIDIA GH200 technology. The national AI strategy stresses alignment with the EU AI Act. For someone seeking compute, Pharos is the route for start-ups, SMEs and researchers, though EuroHPC does not yet give a service start date. We did not collect Greek power facts.
AI policy and activity
Pharos is a flagship of the Blueprint for Greece's AI Transformation. A Greek press report says it would be fully operational in the first quarter of 2026, while EuroHPC still lists availability as not announced.
Data centres and compute
| Site | Where | Status | Notes and source |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAEDALUS GRNET | Lavrio, Attica | Under construction | Contract signed on 26 March 2025 with HPE, budget of 58.9 million euros including VAT, funded through the Recovery and Resilience Facility and EuroHPC. EuroHPC lists #31 on the June 2026 TOP500. (source) |
Rules and programmes
| Instrument | Kind | Status | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece national AI strategy | Policy | In force | US Commerce Department market note. Covers sector adoption, start-up support, EU AI Act alignment and participation in EuroHPC. |
| EuroHPC AI Factory: Pharos | Programme | In force | EuroHPC page for Pharos, listing AI-ready datasets, pre-trained models and access to DAEDALUS. |
Checked on 2 October 2026 and due for review by 1 January 2027. Many sources are trade press or law-firm summaries rather than official texts, and statuses such as reported or unconfirmed are shown as the source gives them. This is a summary, not legal advice. If something is wrong or out of date, tell us.