• £36 million investment to increase the AI Research Resource supercomputing capacity at Cambridge sixfold by spring 2026.
• More cutting-edge AI chips will be available free of charge to UK researchers and start-ups.
• The supercomputer is already helping to deliver breakthroughs in areas like healthcare and environmental modelling.
How AI supercomputer, Dawn, is being used to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing humanity.
Dawn is now being deployed for use by scientists within Cambridge and across the UK to support ambitious goals in clean energy, personalised medicine and climate.
The Cambridge Open Zettascale Lab is hosting Dawn, the UK’s fastest artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputer, which has been built by the University of Cambridge Research Computing Services, Intel and Dell Technologies.
Cambridge spin-out Zetta Genomics has raised £2.5 million in new seed funding from Nina Capital, APEX Medical and Cambridge Enterprise to advance its genomic data management technology and power the discovery and delivery of precision medicine at scale.
The UK’s fastest academic supercomputer, based at the University of Cambridge, will be made available to artificial intelligence (AI) technology companies from across the UK, in support of the government’s industrial strategy.
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