Press releases
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The procurement contracts for the upgrade of the EuroHPC supercomputer Discoverer have been signed by the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) and the selected companies, A1 Bulgaria and Eviden.
![Pictures of AQT’s quantum computer based on trapped ions and AQT’s rack-mounted ion trap quantum processor](https://eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-07/Advancing%20European%20Quantum%20Computing%20%284%29%20%281%29.png?h=eb901320&itok=5ZlsOnxN)
The procurement contract of EuroQCS-Poland, the EuroHPC quantum computer to be located in Poland, has been signed by the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) and the company AQT, the selected vendor.
![regulation 2024/1732](https://eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-07/Council%20Regulation%20%28EU%29%2020241732%20%286%29.png?h=eb901320&itok=fWKodgmF)
Today the amendment to the EuroHPC JU regulation expanding the objectives of the JU to include the development and operation of AI factories enters into force.It will mark the beginning of a new era for the JU and for the development of AI in Europe.
![Group picture of the recently appointed INFRAG members during their first in-person meeting in Luxembourg on 02 July 2024](https://eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-07/INFRAG%20Group%20picture.jpg?h=8637822a&itok=r2fCeC3E)
Today the Infrastructure Advisory Group (INFRAG) elected its new chair during its first in-person meeting in Luxembourg. INFRAG is one of the two advisory groups of the industrial and scientific advisory board of the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking.