The installation of the modular data center set to house the Jupiter supercomputer in Germany has begun.

The Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) in Germany has positioned the first containers for the build at Forschungszentrum (the Jülich Research center).

The first module of the Jupiter supercomputer, dubbed JEDI, was launched in May this year in the existing Forschungszentrum Jülich facility.

The JSC said that unlike previous supercomputers, which are housed in conventional data center halls, Jupiter will be delivered in a new modular computing center.

Once complete the modular data center will comprise 50 containers, filling around half a football pitch.

The modular data center is being built by Atos-owned Eviden. Timelines for construction have not been shared.

The Jupiter supercomputer will use GPUs and CPUs from Nvidia and SiPearl. The system is based on Eviden’s BullSequana XH3000 direct liquid-cooled technology.

The supercomputer is set to become the first supercomputer in Europe to surpass one quintillion operations per second.

JEDI alone is said to be capable of 72 billion floating-point operations per second per watt and ranked first in the latest Green500 list.

The remainder of the supercomputer will be installed in the second half of this year and will be made generally available in early 2025.