Hungary will be among the first countries to connect to Europe’s most powerful supercomputer under the AI Factory Antenna programme, the Hungarian Research Network (HUN-REN) announced on Monday.
According to the statement, the HunAIFA consortium—led by the HUN-REN Institute for Computer Science and Control (SZTAKI) under the strategic leadership of HUN-REN—has won support from the EuroHPC AI Factory Antenna programme. The initiative aims to build artificial intelligence ecosystems around Europe’s existing high-performance computing capacities.
The project will be realized with professional support from Germany’s Jülich Supercomputing Centre, where Europe’s first exascale supercomputer—capable of performing a billion billion (10¹⁸) operations per second—was inaugurated in September.
The successful consortium includes the HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MKIK), and the Neumann Technology Platform. Through this collaboration, Hungarian researchers, educators, developers, innovative enterprises, and public institutions will gain access to the same state-of-the-art AI tools and advanced computing infrastructure as Europe’s most competitive actors.
‘This achievement clearly demonstrates that Hungarian science, technology, and industry can compete at the highest international level,’ said HUN-REN CEO Roland Jakab. ‘The success enables domestic researchers and developers to work on cutting-edge infrastructure and to join the European knowledge network, where artificial intelligence and supercomputing together shape the future for the benefit of society.’
The AI Factory Antenna programme is part of a broader European effort to create interconnected AI and supercomputing hubs that foster collaboration, accelerate research, and support technological innovation across the continent. With Hungary’s participation, local expertise will play a growing role in the development of Europe’s digital and scientific landscape.
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