One of the first AI factories wanted
by the EU to create a thriving European ecosystem for training
advanced AI models and developing AI solutions will be Italian.
The IT4LIA AI Factory project of Bologna Technopole is in fact
among the seven proposals selected by the European Joint
Undertaking for High Performance Computing (EuroHPC) to create
the first AI factories in Europe.
The first AI factories, which will represent an investment of
1.5 billion euros, will be hosted in important research and
technology centers across the EU from the Barcelona
Supercomputing Center to the Swedish University of Linköping to
the University of Stuttgart, just to name a few. The investment
will combine national and EU funding, half of the amount will be
financed by the EU through the Digital Europe program for AI
infrastructure and Horizon Europe for AI services.
Five of the selected hosting sites will feature brand new
world-class supercomputers optimised for AI: Finland, Germany,
Italy, Luxembourg and Sweden.
The AI ;;Factory in Spain will result from the upgrade of the
existing EuroHPC system, MareNostrum 5.
In Greece, an AI Factory will be created and operated in
conjunction with the Daedalus supercomputer, a EuroHPC
supercomputer currently being deployed in Greece.
The AI ;;Factories in Spain and Finland will also be equipped
with an experimental platform, providing a state-of-the-art
infrastructure to develop and test innovative AI models and
applications and foster collaboration across Europe.
These AI Factories, to be deployed in 2025-2026, will double the
computing capacity of EuroHPC, addressing specific needs and
boosting Europe's AI capabilities.
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