I didn’t see any announcements on this – but several customers have been asking.
From the SQL Requirements for System Center 2012 R2, which looks like it was updated on July 9th:
http://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn281933.aspx
System Center 2012 R2 component | SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Standard, Datacenter | SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 Standard, Datacenter | SQL Server 2012 Enterprise, Standard (64-bit) | SQL Server 2012 SP1 Enterprise, Standard (64-bit) | SQL Server 2012 SP2 |
| App Controller Server | ● | ● | ● | ||
| Data Protection Manager (DPM) Database Server | ● | ● | ● | ● | |
| Operations Manager Data Warehouse | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| Operations Manager Operational Database | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| Operations Manager Reporting Server | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| Orchestrator Management Server | ● | ● | ● | ● | |
| Service Manager Database or Data Warehouse Database | ● | ● | ● | ● | |
| Service Provider Foundation | ● | ||||
| Virtual Machine Manager Database Server | ● | ● | ● |