Merz inaugurates supercomputer, says Europe can catch up in AI race | International

JÜLICH, Germany, Sept 5, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday that Europe can catch up in the global artificial intelligence race as he inaugurated the continent's fastest supercomputer. "The United States and China are in a neck-and-neck race to compete for future market share in an AI-supported global economy," he said at the inauguration of the Jupiter computer, which will be able to perform at least one quintillion (or one billion billion) calculations per second. "We in Germany, and we in Europe, have every opportunity to catch up and then keep pace." Jupiter, based in Juelich, western Germany, is housed in a centre about half the size of a football pitch and is packed with about...