Artificial Intelligence-oriented supercomputing service environment

Project Information

BSC AI Factory

Grant agreement ID: 101234399

DOI 10.3030/101234399

EC signature date 22 April 2025

Start date 1 April 2025

End date 31 March 2028

Funded under

• Digital, Industry and Space

Total cost € 42 000 000,00

EU contribution € 21 000 000,00

Coordinated by

BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER CENTRO NACIONAL DE SUPERCOMPUTACION
Spain

Objective

This proposal represents the joint initiative of Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS), Fundação para a Ciencia e a Tecnología, I.P. (FCT), the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (Tubitak) and National Institute for Research & Development in Informatics (ICI Bucuresti), to develop and operate the BSC AI Factory, a new Artificial Intelligence Factory at the service of the European Union Artificial Intelligence innovation ecosystem.

The BSC AI Factory project will deploy a comprehensive set of AI-oriented services, complemented with strong training, networking and hub facilities to boost the uptake and use of AI by industry with a special emphasis in SMEs and start-up companies, all of them based in the four participating countries and at the service of the European innovation community, designed specifically to meet Europe’s evolving AI needs, and running on a powerful upgrade of the EuroHPC JU MareNostrum5 supercomputer exploiting the most recent AI-oriented computing technologies.

Keywords

• Artificial Intelligence
• Data Lake
• User support
• SMEs
• Training
• Incubation
• Acceleration
• Innovation
• Ethics

Programme(s)

• HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space Main Programme
• HORIZON.2.4.7 - Advanced Computing and Big Data
• HORIZON.2.4.5 - Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Topic(s)

• HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2025-AI-01-IBA-01 - Artificial Intelligence Factories

Call for proposal

HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2025-AI-01-IBA

Funding Scheme

HORIZON-JU-RIA - HORIZON JU Research and Innovation Actions

Coordinator

BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER CENTRO NACIONAL DE SUPERCOMPUTACION

• Net EU contribution: € 14 650 000,00
• Address: CALLE JORDI GIRONA 31 ; 08034 Barcelona ; Spain
• Region: Este › Cataluña › Barcelona
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: € 29 800 000,00

Participants (5)

Third-party

Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.

UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA

Spain

• Net EU contribution: € 250 000,00
• Address: CALLE JORDI GIRONA 31 ; 08034 Barcelona
• Region: Este › Cataluña › Barcelona
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

TURKIYE BILIMSEL VE TEKNOLOJIK ARASTIRMA KURUMU

Türkiye

• Net EU contribution: € 1 500 000,00
• Address: Ataturk Bulvari 221 ; 06100 Ankara
• Region: Batı Anadolu › Ankara › Ankara
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: € 3 000 000,00

INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE IN INFORMATICA ICI BUCURESTI RA

Romania

• Net EU contribution: € 1 000 000,00
• Address: MARESAL AVERESCU AVENUE 8-10 SECTOR 1 ; 011455 Bucuresti
• Region: Macroregiunea Trei › Bucureşti-Ilfov › Bucureşti
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: € 2 000 000,00

FUNDACAO PARA A CIENCIA E A TECNOLOGIA

Portugal

• Net EU contribution: € 422 343,75
• Address: AVENIDA D CARLOS I 126 ; 1249 074 Lisboa
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Total cost: € 7 200 000,00

Third-party

Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.

ASSOCIACAO CNCA - CENTRO NACIONAL DE COMPUTACAO AVANCADA

Portugal

• Net EU contribution: € 3 177 656,25
• Address: AV DE BRASIL 101 ; 1700-066 LISBOA
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data