Eviden and AMD have been selected to build Alice Recoque, France’s first and Europe’s second exascale supercomputer, aiming to advance HPC and AI with a focus on energy efficiency and European sovereignty.

The system design features 94 racks with 432 GB HBM4 per MI430X GPU, 19.6 TB/s bandwidth, and integration with Eviden’s BX I network and BullSequana XH3500 storage.

Alice Recoque will blend HPC and AI workloads to tackle climate modeling, materials and energy research, digital twins for personalized medicine, and support for next-generation European foundational AI models handling vast data from telescopes, satellites, and IoT.

The press release carries forward-looking statements and risk disclosures about delivery timing, cost management, and performance realization; completion milestones and independent benchmarking will determine outcomes.

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Market context notes that AMD stock traded slightly lower in premarket trading, with analysts offering varied near-term views but affirming long-term AI-driven revenue potential.

The project’s funding totals around €554 million over five years, supported by EuroHPC JU through the Digital Europe Programme and the Jules Verne consortium, with aims to localize supply chains and reduce reliance on foreign tech.

Approximately three-quarters of BullSequana XH3500 components will be produced in Europe to ensure traceability, sovereignty, and regulatory compliance, with European interconnects via BXI v3.

A Europe-first supply chain is emphasized, relocating nearly three-quarters of BullSequana components to Europe to strengthen sovereignty and regulatory alignment.

The project highlights a predominantly European supply chain and integrated European technologies to bolster sovereignty.

The initiative aims to boost Europe’s technological independence by localizing components and strengthening supply chains, reducing reliance on foreign tech in strategic AI and computing.

Europe frames the project as a strategic move toward tech independence and sovereignty in AI and related fields, with AMD positioned as a key enabler.