"UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has issued a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice to get the attention of vendors that may have an interest in bidding to build the hardware for the Next National Supercomputing Service (NNSS), which will be based at the University of Edinburgh. This will be delivered as part of the UK Compute Roadmap, and was disclosed in June as part of the Spending Review by Britain's finance minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves."
"Key here is a promised investment of "up to £750 million (about $1 billion) for a new national supercomputer service in Edinburgh," from which the current estimated budget for the actual system is in the range of £300-330 million ($400-440 million). The NNSS will provide a compute infrastructure for the UK's research and innovation communities to use modeling, simulation, and AI workflows, the Notice states."
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has issued a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice inviting vendors to bid to build hardware for the Next National Supercomputing Service (NNSS) at the University of Edinburgh. The project sits within the UK Compute Roadmap and carries a pledged investment of up to £750 million, with the current estimated system budget at £300–330 million. The NNSS will supply compute infrastructure for modelling, simulation, and AI workflows for UK research and innovation communities. Pre-market engagement events are planned, including possible meetings at SC25, and a tentative tender date is February 4, 2026. The contract is expected to run from September 2026 to August 2031, with a potential extension to August 2033.
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