barcelona will be one of the seven factories artificial intelligence of European UnionBarcelona Supercomputing Centre-Centro Nacional de Supercomputation (BSC-CNS), which houses the supercomputer marenostrum 5One of the most powerful people in the world brussels and will receive an investment of approximately 200 million euros to develop an advanced ecosystem Aye To accelerate its adoption technology,
European Commission has announced project approval AI Factorywhich will raise 1.5 billion euros from next year to create a European network of supercomputers that will boost Investigationdevelopment and innovation ,R&D and I) technical among 27 members of the community club, thus the situation Europe As a global benchmark in the emerging AI market. It is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2025.
In spainThis mission will be in the hands of BSC-CNS. Their proposal includes improving the capabilities of Marenostrum 5 so that it can train and develop models Generative AI Which has positive social impact on a large scale. Equipped with cutting-edge technology, the supercomputer based in Barcelona will serve sectors as diverse as pharmaceuticals, finance, energy, climate and media. He stressed, “Our goal is to use research to improve society.” matteo valeroDirector of BSC-CNS. “If Europe doesn’t create AI applications so that European data can be analyzed with European machines to our benefit, we are lost.”
(BSC-CNS), Director, Mateo Valero; Minister of Research and Universities, Nuria Montserrat; and UPC’s rector, Daniel Crespo. / Jordy Battler / ACN
Reforms for SMEs and Start-ups
The Catalan capital’s “AI factory” will work specifically for both the public administration and the national business infrastructure SME And new companies in the areaCan access high-performance computing resources and repositories data Europeans will launch their own AI applications and services and accelerate the building of their productivity, efficiency and, therefore, Property“People will be able to come here (the BSc) and access cutting-edge algorithmic science to transfer it to SMEs,” said Juan Cruz, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Universities.
Appian: More Applications, Less TechIn addition, companies and institutions will have access to technical support from BSC experts, to programs to promote their development and to all types of training courses for both managers and students, which will serve to attract. Talent And connect it with companies. “We will personalize the focus based on the needs of each company,” explained Mariona Sanz, Director of Innovation at BSC.
Government and Generalitat investment
He Government central has announced This Tuesday, 198 million euros of the project’s 62 million euros will be contributed, which will be channeled through the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities and the Ministry of Digital Transformation and Public Services. later owners, oscar lopezA statement observed: “We take a strong step towards democratizing access to artificial intelligence Competition of our ecosystem, but above all so that our society improves as a result of this competitiveness.
for its part, Generalitat of Catalonia According to the ‘consultant’ from Research and Universities, an additional 14 million euros will be allocated for this ambitious initiative nuria montserrat This represents “an unprecedented opportunity to improve the quality of life of citizens”.
In addition, the Iberian branch of the program AI Factory There will also be international contributions: Portugal will add 15.6 million; Turkiye, 6.5 million; and Romania, one million euros.
seven european supercomputers
This ambitious European project will result in the construction of five new AI-optimized supercomputers in Finland, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and Sweden. Only Spain and Greece, with their Daedalus supercomputers, will manage these innovation factories from pre-existing infrastructure. BSC-CNS will also have an experimental platform which will be used for development and testing Application State-of-the-art AI, a function that will also be deployed in the Finnish factory.
Grok IA | What is Grok, the new AI from X (Twitter) that could beat ChatGPT?Technical details of the ‘machine’ will not be known until its deployment is decided after a public tender. Nevertheless, the National Supercomputing Center is expected to be established during 2025.
