Luxembourg Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Étienne Schneider yesterday signed a declaration of European cooperation in the context of high performance computing (HPC). 

The signing ceremony of the EuroHPC declaration officially kicked off the collaboration between the signatory states (Luxembourg, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Portugal and the Netherlands), a network of which the Grand Duchy was the initiator.

Considered as a project of strategic interest in achieving the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy, the HPC project will ultimately bring the computing capacities necessary to ensure the EU's competitiveness in the development of the digital economy in Europe.

At the signing ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Étienne Schneider said "It is essential that we establish an independent European digital industry and a digital value chain around the EU Data, software and hardware of our own. This is one of the key objectives of the project of strategic European importance around the HPC in which Luxembourg is involved alongside other Member States and we want to move forward together.”

At the same time, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Étienne Schneider signed a letter of intent in Rome to formalise the collaboration of several Member States, including Luxembourg, in the area of ​​intelligent mobility, so-called “Smart mobility”, and more particularly in the development of connected and autonomous vehicles. The objective of the Grand Duchy is to participate in the European strategy for the mobility of tomorrow.