06:53 AM EST, 12/13/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Hewlett Packard Enterprise ( HPE ) said Friday it has been commissioned to build the 'Blue Lion' high-performance supercomputer for the Leibniz Supercomputing Center of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.

The company said the supercomputer will launch in 2027 and play a key role in supporting advanced research in Bavaria and national science projects through the Gauss Center for Supercomputing.

The contracts, signed on Dec. 13, are valued at 250 million euros, with funding provided by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts.