"The UK government is looking for cloud providers to support its ambition of increasing its AI compute capacity twentyfold by 2030 in a deal that could be worth £250 million. The Department for Science, Innovation & Technology announced plans for a procurement that asks for cloud providers to help ensure researchers from academia, public institutions, and SMEs can access the hardware they need."
"A pre-market engagement notice said it wanted to "accelerate innovation and deliver transformative solutions in critical domains such as climate science, energy, medicine, and advanced materials, supporting economic growth and public good through Social Value commitments." The deal is valued at "£214.4 million excluding VAT and £250,000,000 including VAT," according to the notice, which provides information about how DSIT wants to engage with suppliers."
"DSIT said it needs a baseline capacity of cloud resources accessible to authorized users via the AIRR Portal, either provided directly or through a brokered, multi-cloud provider model. It is also looking for on-demand scalability to enable access to additional GPU capacity beyond baseline capacity and a managed service that will include secure data storage, orchestration for machine learning workloads, usage monitoring, reporting, demand forecasting and active security management. Technical support and integration is also part of the package."
The Department for Science, Innovation & Technology plans a procurement to increase national AI compute capacity twentyfold by 2030, seeking cloud providers to ensure academia, public institutions and SMEs access needed hardware. The contract, valued at £214.4m excluding VAT (£250m including VAT), requires integration with the AIRR Portal linking Isambard-AI and Dawn supercomputers. Requirements include baseline cloud capacity accessible to authorized users, brokered multi-cloud options, on-demand GPU scalability, secure data storage, orchestration for machine learning workloads, monitoring, reporting, demand forecasting, active security management, and technical support and integration to deliver a managed service. It targets innovation in climate, energy, medicine and advanced materials.
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