{"id":593468,"date":"2025-11-25T19:57:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T19:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/593468\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T19:57:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T19:57:28","slug":"university-of-bristol-to-develop-new-digital-library-as-part-of-uks-ai-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/593468\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Bristol to develop new \u2018digital library\u2019 as part of UK’s AI revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Aimee Anderson<\/strong>, News Deputy Editor<\/p>\n

The University of Bristol is set to develop a multimillion-pound National AI data facility, which will function as a digital library for researchers across the country.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The facility will be located at the NCC, next to Isambard-AI. Isambard-AI is the UK\u2019s fastest supercomputer, able to process in one second what it would take the entire global population 80 years to achieve.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The digital library will \u2018enable the UK\u2019s most valuable data assets and largest data sets to be processed at record speed by Isambard-AI\u2026 unlocking the full potential of the government\u2019s \u00a3225m investment into the Bristol Centre for Supercomputing and Isambard-AI,\u2019 according to Professor Simon McIntosh-Smith, director of the Bristol Centre for Supercomputing.<\/p>\n

Through this investment, researchers and industry will be able to harness the potential of AI in fields such as robots, big data, climate research and drug discovery.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"‘Isambard-AI Supercomputer’ | University of Bristol<\/p>\n

The development of the data facility comes as part of the UK Government\u2019s AI for Science Strategy<\/a>, announced November 21. The strategy has two objectives:\u00a0<\/p>\n

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  1. Develop frontier capability in AI-driven science<\/li>\n
  2. Ensure the UK retains its position of global scientific leadership<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Professor Evelyn Welch, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Bristol said: \u2018As 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.\u2019<\/p>\n

    The University of Bristol was chosen to host Isambard-AI due to its long history of world-leading AI research and expertise in high performance computing, according to a University press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    According to Welch, the data library will contribute further towards \u2018establishing 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.\u2019<\/p>\n

    She described Bristol as a \u2018university which will spearhead AI innovation and scientific discovery in important areas such as drug discovery and climate research.\u2019 <\/p>\n

    The University of Bristol’s new Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus is set to open in September 2026 and will specialise in innovation, AI, business, and digital engineering.<\/p>\n

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    Epigram looks inside the new Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus<\/p>\n

    Accessible directly from Temple Meads, Epigram was invited to have a sneak peak inside the University\u2019s most adventurous project to date.<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    University of Bristol identified as key \u2018driver of growth\u2019 in new ten year economic strategy<\/p>\n

    Bristol\u2019s position within the growth strategy reflects recent contributions towards developments in AI, renewable energy, and the new Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus.<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    Helen Godwin, Mayor of the West of England also said: \u2018This investment helps turbo-charge the West\u2019s ambition to establish the UK\u2019s first AI supercluster.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

    Such ambitions hope to place the region \u2018as a world-leading hub for AI research, innovation and adoption\u2019, according to the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority\u2019s growth strategy<\/a>, published in September. The strategy sees the development of AI as a key aspect of the West of England\u2019s potential to \u2018power the UK\u2019s next wave of growth.\u2019<\/p>\n

    Richard Oldfield, Chief Executive of the NCC, described the library as \u2018another step in making the West of England a place where serious discovery and innovation gets done.\u2019<\/p>\n

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