Oakland Construction builds data centre for a new UK supercomputer

UK’s most powerful AI supercomputer switched on

National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) has energised the UK’s most powerful AI supercomputer, completing a new 5 MW connection to Bristol’s distribution network in just three weeks. The Isambard-AI system, which has been developed by the University of Bristol, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and NVIDIA, is billed as 100,000 times faster than a typical laptop and now ranks 11th in the global TOP500 list of high-performance computers. Its constr…

Oakland Construction builds data centre for a new UK supercomputer

The Isambard-AI facility was built using modular construction methods, and is valued at £225m Located in the Bristol and Bath Science Park, the facility will boost the new UK supercomputer’s power to 21 AI ExaFLOPs. With the facility opened on 17 June, the computer is now the 6th fastest supercomputer in Europe, and the 4th greenest in the world according to the Green500 list. The facility is exceptionally green The construction of the data cent…