Bulgaria’s Sofia to be home to one of EU’s six new AI factories in 90M euro project
The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has selected six new sites across Europe to host additional AI Factories, which are set to be deployed next year in Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Poland, and Slovenia, EuroHPC JU said on March 12.
A media statement by Sofia Tech Park and Insait said that the value of the project in Bulgaria was 90 million euro.
EuroHPC JU said that these new six AI Factories will be added to the seven AI Factories previously selected, creating an interconnected network of AI hubs ready to accommodate AI innovation across Europe.
The statement said that each factory will be one-stop shop, offering AI startups, SMEs, and researchers with comprehensive support to develop their data-sets as well as to access to AI-optimised high-performance computing (HPC) resources, training, and technical expertise.
The Bulgarian AI Factory BRAIN++ (Bulgarian Robotics & AI Nexus) , will be located at Sofia Tech Park, and will comprise of two key components, which will operate in synergy: the Discoverer++, a next-generation supercomputer tailored for advanced AI workloads, and the Bulgarian AI Factory, a comprehensive AI hub offering one-stop shop governmental, education and private companies which will be able to adopt and responsibly innovate with AI.
“BRAIN++ aims to position Bulgaria as a regional leader in AI innovation by fostering talent development, supporting startups/SMEs, and driving further development and deployment of Bulgarian Language LLMs, Robotics AI, Space Observation AI, product manufacturing (with an emphasis on consumer good products), Trustworthy AI Compliance Tools, Federated AI Data Lake, collaborative office and virtual AI workspaces (BulgAI Sandbox) and with AI skills and talent development and responsible AI entrepreneurship,” the statement said.
By integrating with other EuroHPC AI Factories across Europe, BRAIN++ will contribute to a unified European AI ecosystem while promoting ethical and responsible AI practices, it said.
(Photo: Sofia Tech Park)
