1,200 researchers currently involved, 1,800 by 2010.
6 founding institutes :
CEA (French Atomic Energy Commission), CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research), Ecole Polytechnique (France's premier engineering school), INRIA (National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control), Supélec (engineering school specialised in energy and information science), Université Paris-Sud 11.
40,000 m2 of workspace on the Saclay plateau by 2010.