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Pharos — The Greek AI Factory (GRNET)

Reviewed identity, roles, model listings, pricing and evidence for Pharos — The Greek AI Factory (GRNET).

Dataset compiled 2026-08-28 · evidence over inference

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Reviewed identity

Headquarters scope
headquarters unknown
Headquarters country
unknown
Headquarters city
unknown
Legal entity
EuroHPC AI Factory hosted by GRNET S.A. (National Infrastructures for Research and Technology), under the Greek Ministry of Digital Governance
Ownership
state-owned
Founded
2025
Confidence
high
Last verified
2026-08-22

Links

Official website

Headquarters evidence

Open interactive profile

Headquarters evidence

Greece was selected to host Pharos by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking

Official project page confirms the EuroHPC-linked consortium and Greek hosting, but does not use explicit headquarters language.

Evidence boundaries

Organisation listings identify a reviewed canonical record. Headquarters is independent of incorporation, registered offices, ownership, hosting and runtime. Model listings show an association in the source register; they do not by themselves establish model creation, current API availability, hosting location or infrastructure ownership.

Profile note

Greece's national AI compute base. DAEDALUS delivers 89 Pflops with a significant share reserved exclusively for AI, launching early 2026, connected via GRNET at up to 400Gbps. Consortium: GRNET (lead), NCSR Demokritos, National Technical University of Athens, Athena Research Center, Growthfund, plus six affiliated institutions including Aristotle University and FORTH. Priority sectors: Health (dedicated Health AI Hub), Language & Culture (Greek language and heritage), Sustainability. Its Pharos-CY antenna in Cyprus is a separate record. No model of its own yet — but it is the intended comput…

Record sources

  1. https://www.pharos-aifactory.eu/
  2. https://www.ekt.gr/en/projects/30964
  3. https://www.iit.demokritos.gr/projects/ai-factories-pharos/
  4. https://intelligence.csd.auth.gr/projects/pharos-the-greek-ai-factory/
  5. https://www.greeknewsagenda.gr/faros-ai-factory-greek-llm/
  6. https://www.pharos-aifactory.eu/opportunity-for-european-ai-startups-through-llm-bridge/