Leonardo (EuroHPC AI Factory)
EuroHPCEuroHPC pre-exascale supercomputer hosted by CINECA at the Bologna Tecnopolo, Italy. Its "Booster" module uses custom NVIDIA A100 64GB GPUs. Access is granted via EuroHPC JU and national competitive calls; the IT4LIA AI Factory (launched September 2025) builds on this infrastructure for AI-focused workloads.
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- EU-provided+25/25
- EU-hosted+15/15
- CLOUD Act exposure: none+20/20
- GDPR DPA: unknown+0/10
- Certifications (0)+0/20
- No foreign control+10/10
Sovereignty & control
- EU-provided
- Yes
- EU-hosted
- Yes
- CLOUD Act
- None
- GDPR DPA
- Unknown
- Control status
- No foreign control
- Ultimate parent
- EuroHPC Joint Undertaking
- Data residency
- IT
- Certifications
- None cited
Control: Leonardo is owned by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking and hosted by CINECA, an Italian inter-university consortium, at the Bologna Tecnopolo. No non-EU/EEA corporate parent is involved; see ownershipNote for the same JU-governance caveat noted on other EuroHPC entries in this batch.
Ownership: Governed as an EU joint undertaking + Italian national host, not a private company; "no-foreign-control" reflects that governance structure rather than a corporate cap table. Flagged for owner review.
Note: Access via competitive, peer-reviewed EuroHPC JU / national proposal process, not commercial self-service.
- Egress
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Regions & residency
Offerings
| GPU | Config | Regions | €/GPU·h | Availability | Sov. | Verified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonardo Booster / IT4LIA AI Factory access | — · Batch | 🇮🇹 IT | Grant access | On request | 70 | 2026-07-08 |
Sources
- Official Docswww.hpc.cineca.it/systems/hardware/leonardo8 Jul 2026
- Official Docswww.cineca.it/en/press-area/press-releases/innovate-consortium-chosen-host-eurohpcs-first-industrial-supercomputer8 Jul 2026
- Official Docsleonardo-supercomputer.cineca.eu/hpc-system8 Jul 2026