{"id":589964,"date":"2025-11-24T03:06:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T03:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/589964\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T03:06:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T03:06:59","slug":"university-of-bristol-to-develop-multimillion-pound-national-data-ai-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/589964\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Bristol to develop multimillion-pound national data AI facility"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The University of Bristol is set to develop a multimillion-pound National AI Data Facility in the West of England as part of the Government\u2019s AI for Science Strategy.<\/p>\n

The new data repository will be located next to Isambard-AI, the UK\u2019s most powerful supercomputer based at NCC on the Bristol and Bath Science Park.<\/p>\n

Like a digital library, it will house the UK\u2019s most valuable large-scale datasets and make them readily available to researchers across the country.<\/p>\n

Its proximity to Isambard-AI will unlock the supercomputer\u2019s full potential, processing the data at record speeds to enable science that has simply not been possible before.<\/p>\n

The new storage facility is a key part of the Government\u2019s objective to build large-scale data infrastructure and will allow Isambard-AI to interact seamlessly with data from across multiple sites, often with different formats, governance, and access restrictions.<\/p>\n

The AI for Science Strategy has two objectives:<\/p>\n

To develop frontier capability in AI-driven science. The companies and researchers developing general-purpose AI science tools and building autonomous lab infrastructure are transforming the process of discovery. It is a crucial strategic area to build UK capacity.
To ensure the UK retains its position of global scientific leadership. The integration of AI into science will reshape the national and global research landscape.
The \u00a3225m Isambard-AI facility, built and run by Bristol Centre for Supercomputing (BriCS) in close partnership with HPE and NVIDIA, is able to process in one second what it would take the entire global population 80 years to achieve. It was officially launched in July this year and is the most powerful university-based supercomputer anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n

Such impressive processing speeds offer capacity never seen before in the UK, allowing researchers and industry to harness the huge potential of AI in fields such as robotics, big data, climate research and drug discovery.<\/p>\n

The supercomputer is a key part of the UK Government\u2019s AI Research Resource (AIRR), alongside DAWN at Cambridge, and is boosting the country\u2019s capabilities in responsible and cutting-edge AI development.<\/p>\n

Professor Evelyn Welch, vice-chancellor and president of the University of Bristol, said: \u201cAs a research-intensive university at the heart of the UK\u2019s AI revolution we support the announcement of the AI for Science Strategy and are pleased to be a key part of this.<\/p>\n

\u201cEarlier this year we click to open in a new windowlaunched Isambard-AI, the world\u2019s fastest supercomputer based at a university which will spearhead AI innovation and scientific discovery in important areas such as drug discovery and climate research.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe National AI Data Facility will be a critical part of its infrastructure, further establishing Bristol and the UK as an international hub for AI research. This investment will be central to creating a \u2018British Library\u2019 for the AI age.\u201d<\/p>\n

Helen Godwin, Mayor of the West of England, said: \u201cThis investment helps turbo-charge the West\u2019s ambition to establish the UK\u2019s first AI Supercluster. Since May, our region has signed tech trade deals with the US, been recognised as Lloyds Banking Group\u2019s AI Capital, and switched on Isambard-AI \u2013 the country\u2019s largest supercomputer and the fastest one based at a university anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this new chapter for the West of England, we are working together to deliver more jobs for local people. In the last decade, the West saw the highest job growth in digital and tech of any region. The best is yet to come, and today\u2019s investment is another real vote of confidence in that bright future.\u201d<\/p>\n

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