At the forefront of European HPC and AI development
LUMI AI Factory consortium
The LUMI AI Factory brings together a consortium formed by six countries: Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Norway, and Poland, all of which are also part of the LUMI consortium.These six countries are at the forefront of European HPC and AI developments. The LUMI AI Factory will build upon the groundwork laid by countries joining this consortium in creating their national AI ecosystems, developing their national strategies, and aligning with the EU Coordinated Plan on AI, thereby strengthening stakeholder engagement and fostering a thriving AI ecosystem that benefits society and drives competitiveness.
Finland
LUMI AI Factory is hosted by CSC – IT Center for Science, which also coordinates the LUMI AI Factory consortium. CSC is a non-profit limited liability company with a special mission, owned by the Finnish Government and Finnish higher education institutions. The tools CSC provides for scientific computing and data management create a stepping stone for breakthroughs.
Other Finnish partners include Aalto University, the University of Helsinki and AI Finland.
Czechia
IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center (IT4I) at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava is a leading research, development, and innovation centre active in the fields of High-Performance Computing, Data Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, and Quantum Computing and their application to other scientific fields, industry, and society. IT4Innovations operates the most powerful supercomputing systems in the Czech Republic, provided to Czech and foreign research teams from academia and industry.
Denmark
Danish e-Infrastructure Consortium (DeiC) coordinates and facilitates the usage of the national supercomputers available for Danish researchers. DeiC is also responsible for developing and coordinating collaboration on digital research infrastructure among Danish universities governed by the University Act. DeiC’s vision is to provide researchers at Danish universities with access to a digital infrastructure that enables research and education at a high international level.
Estonia
The University of Tartu is the leading research university in Estonia and the only Estonian-language universitas – comprehensive university – in the world. The university participates in several partnerships of Horizon Europe, the European Union’s framework programme for research and innovation, including EuroHPC JU.
Norway
Sigma2 AS has strategic responsibility for and manages the national e-infrastructure for large-scale data- and computational science in Norway. Its mission is to offer high-performance computing and large-scale data storage to researchers in Norway. Sigma2 also coordinates Norway’s participation in international collaborations on e-infrastructure. The Universities of Bergen, Oslo, Tromsø, and NTNU work closely with Sigma2 to operate the national services.
Poland
The Academic Computer Center CYFRONET AGH is the longest-operating and one of the largest supercomputing and networking centres in Poland. For years, ACC Cyfronet AGH has been the operator of the fastest supercomputers in Poland, repeatedly listed on the TOP500 world list, as well as very high-capacity data storage systems. Cyfronet participates in many national and international research and development projects, which use both hardware resources and unique experience in building and developing integrated service platforms for scientific users.
