Applications open for Bristol's Isambard-AI - the UK’s most powerful public compute facility!

UK SMEs and researchers can now apply time utilising Isambard-AI, the UK’s most powerful public compute facility in Bristol.

The Isambard-AI facility is made up of 5,448 Nvidia GH200 Grace-Hopper superchips (supplied by HPE) and operated by the University of Bristol at Bristol’s National Composites Centre., and is located in the Bristol & Bath Science Park. 

The AI Research Resource (AIRR) is a suite of advanced computers that provides world-leading, AI-specialised computing capacity to:

• public researchers
• academia
• small and medium size enterprises

There are two application options open to the public:

• AIRR Gateway route, offering up to 10,000 GPU hours, designed for researchers from academia, industry, or other UK organisations
• AIRR Rapid Access route, offering up to 20,000 GPU hours, is open to UK-registered micro, small and medium organisations

Find out more about the technology here. 

Find out more about the application process here.