Overview

• Isambard-AI delivers 21 exaFLOPs of AI-specific computation—enough work in one second to match 80 years of human calculation—and stands as one of Europe’s fastest public supercomputers.
• The £225 million facility is publicly operated under ministerial allocation and now invites public-sector researchers to apply for dedicated compute time.
• Combined with Cambridge’s Dawn, it forms the core of a national AI Research Resource within a £1 billion plan to expand Britain’s public compute capacity twentyfold by 2030.
• Regional AI Growth Zones in Scotland and Wales are being established to attract private investment, while a third system in Edinburgh is scheduled for deployment by early 2027.
• Built with zero-carbon electricity, liquid cooling and modular low-carbon construction, Isambard-AI prioritizes energy efficiency and minimal emissions.