 Jureka is a petaflop scale modular supercomputer operated by Yulich Supercomputing Center at Fosheng Center, Mulec. The system combines a flexible cluster module, based on T-platforms V-class blades with a balanced selection of best-of-its-kind components, with a scalability-focused booster module, delivered by Intel and Dell EMC based on the Xeon Fi MiniCore processor. With its novel architecture, it supports a wide variety of high-performance computing and data analytics workloads. This article was authored by Dorian Kraus and Philip Thornig.