Eni announces the launch of its new supercomputing system, HPC7 (High Performance Computing – HPC), which, with a capacity of over 861 PFlops/s, ranks 6th overall in the new TOP500 global ranking, second supercomputer in Europe and confirming its position as the world’s most powerful High-Performance Computer for industrial use. HPC7 thus surpasses HPC6, launched in November 2024, which has in turn confirmed its position within the TOP10, ranking 8th in the TOP500 list.

The combination of the HPC6 and HPC7 computing systems exceeds the Exascale threshold. Together, HPC6 and HPC7 can deliver over 1 Exaflop/s (1 Exaflop/s = 1000 PFlops/s), equivalent to more than 1 billion billion complex mathematical operations per second. The achievement of Exascale-class performance by Eni’s supercomputing system represents the attainment of the most advanced and extraordinary technological frontier in the world of supercomputing and confirms the company’s leadership in the sector.

The launch of HPC7 marks a key milestone in Eni’s strategy to enhance energy resources and decarbonization, within a model where technology is a central element of innovation, capable of supporting growth, efficiency and competitiveness in both traditional and transition businesses.

In this context, advanced computing and HPC systems are confirmed as central to Eni, enabling the integration and enhancement of expertise and applications across the entire value chain: from subsurface understanding to the optimization of industrial plant operations, as well as improving the accuracy of geological and fluid dynamics studies for CO₂ storage and the development of advanced energy technologies.

Supercomputing also contributes to accelerating the evolution of key innovation drivers, supporting the efficiency of emerging value chains – such as biofuels – and the simulation of complex phenomena, including plasma behaviour in magnetic confinement fusion.

In this framework, HPC also establishes itself as a crucial enabler for the internal development of artificial intelligence use cases in support of Eni’s businesses.