The event was also attended by Roberto Viola, Director General for Communication Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission (CNECT) and Anders Dam Jensen, the EuroHPC JU’s Executive Director.Anders Dam Jensen,Executive Director of the EuroHPC JU, said:“I am very pleased to celebrate the inauguration of LEONARDO today, particularly after the excellent global ranking it received just a few days ago.The result of a major investment by Europe, with the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking, and the Ministry of University and Research.More detailsLeonardo is owned by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking and is the result of a joint investment totalling EUR 120 million, from the JU and the Italian Ministry of Universities and Research.The mission of the EuroHPC JU is:- to develop, deploy, extend and maintain in the EU a federated, secure hyperconnected supercomputing, quantum computing, service and data infrastructure ecosystem;- to support the development and uptake of demand-oriented and user-driven innovative and competitive supercomputing and quantum computing systems based on a supply chain that will ensure the availability of components, technologies and knowledge;- and, to widen the use of that supercomputing and quantum computing infrastructure to a large number of public and private users."