{"id":496500,"date":"2025-10-13T15:52:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/496500\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T15:52:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:52:14","slug":"edinburgh-uni-chosen-to-host-e10m-uk-ai-factory-antenna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/496500\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Uni chosen to host \u20ac10m UK AI Factory Antenna"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University of Edinburgh is set to take the lead on a new multi-million-pound European project to accelerate AI use among UK businesses and researchers, and help tap into the technology\u2019s economic and scientific potential.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Home to the UK\u2019s first National Supercomputing Centre, Edinburgh\u2019s EPCC<\/a>, which operates the Advanced Computing Facility, has won EU and UK Government funding to establish the \u20ac10 million (\u00a38.6m) UK AI Factory Antenna (UKAIFA).<\/p>\n

The initiative, led by the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking, will see each of the thirteen AI Antennas scattered across Europe support the development of national AI <\/a>ecosystems and provide access to supercomputing resources for research, innovation, and industrial applications.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Edinburgh University\u2019s UKAIFA will focus on helping British organisations take their first steps in AI, improving their literacy in the technology and its use, as well as demonstrating how it can help productivity to deliver growth.<\/p>\n

Employing a team of twenty full-time staff, the UKAIFA will develop a set of services for the UK\u2019s start-ups, SMEs, larger industrial companies,\u00a0 and the public sector, aiming to accelerate AI across fields like health, fintech<\/a>, creative industries, advanced engineering, and robotics.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis significant investment underlines Edinburgh\u2019s world-leading capabilities in supercomputing and AI,\u201d said Professor Sir Peter Mathieson, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt also shows the important role universities have in deepening our understanding of cutting-edge technologies, blazing a trail for industry and the public sector, leading to economic growth and job creation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The AI Factory Antenna programme forms part of the EU\u2019s broader AI Factories initiative, designed to unite computing power, data resources, and top-tier talent under one roof to accelerate inclusive AI development.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Crucially, it also opens the door for non-EU countries, like the UK, to connect with the super-computing network of AI Factories across Europe, sharing knowledge and expertise vital to keeping the bloc on par with the growing dominance of the US and China in the AI sphere.<\/p>\n

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With that in mind, the Edinburgh site will be linked to the HammerHAI AI Factory in Germany and follow an approach that focuses on the strengths of each region, including finance, manufacturing, engineering, and research.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy working with our neighbours, we\u2019ve giving our best and brightest access to the processing power, data and training needed to develop new breakthroughs in everything from healthcare to climate change,\u201d said Kanishka Narayan, the UK Government AI minister.<\/p>\n

\u201cEdinburgh is already set to become home to the UK\u2019s most powerful national supercomputer, making it the perfect place to increase the country\u2019s access to compute and strengthen ties with our European partners.\u201d<\/p>\n

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