EuroHPC JU selects seven hosting sites for AI factories

The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has selected seven sites to host the initiative’s new European AI factories. The factories represent a collaborative effort between 15 member states and two EuroHPC participating states and are the result of a €1.5 billion ($1.6bn) investment, combining national and EU funding.

The seven AI Factories are: Barcelona, Spain: BSC AIF at the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, Bologna, Italy: IT4LIA at CINECA - Bologna Tecnopolo, Kajaani, Finland: LUMI AIF at CSC, Bissen, Luxembourg: Meluxina-AI at LuxProvide, Linköping, Sweden: MIMER at the University of Linköping, Stuttgart, Germany: HammerHAI at the University of Stuttgart and Athens, Greece: Pharos at GRNET.

“Today we are one step closer to setting up AI Factories,” said Henna Virkkunen, executive vice president for tech sovereignty, security, and democracy at EuroHPC JU. “Using European supercomputers, we will enable AI start-ups to innovate and scale up. Now we are ready to lead with the right infrastructure in our ambition for the EU to become the AI continent. We are on track to make the AI factories initiative a reality in the first 100 days of the new European Commission.”