Sweden gets a supercomputer when the EU invests in AI

Published 15 December 2024 at 10.01

Domestic. Sweden has been selected to host one of seven European AI nodes that will strengthen the EU's competitiveness in the area. The AI ​​node combines a state-of-the-art AI-optimized supercomputer with support for education, research and innovation.

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– This means that Sweden is among the first countries which implements the EU Commission's concept of AI nodes to drive research and innovation forward and make AI available to more users than ever before, says Matts Karlsson, vice chancellor for research at Linköping University, in a press release.

The Mimer AI node will offer resources for training, implementation and delivery of advanced AI models.

The associated new supercomputer is developed specifically for AI work and can handle large amounts of training data.

In addition, it offers secure handling of sensitive data and cloud-based access models for maximum ease of use.

– It is an extremely important step to strengthen AI use in research and business. The project will start immediately and the long-term ambition is to contribute to both national and European AI strategies and attract strong AI users from all over Europe, says Matts Karlsson.

Finland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg and Greece is the other countries selected by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) which is a European partnership.