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Bristol Centre for Supercomputing | BriCS @brics-uob.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

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Isambard-AI is the 13th fastest supercomputer in the world and retained its position as the 4th greenest supercomputer. ⚡ Powered by entirely renewable UK based sources ❄️ Uses direct liquid cooling (DLC) 🍃 Cut construction emissions by 72% Top500: lnkd.in/eecX-V_b Green500: lnkd.in/eJT2bVNN

Bristol Centre for Supercomputing | BriCS @brics-uob.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

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📢 Department for Science, Innovation and Technology have announced that the University of Oxford and UCL will host new AI labs and develop the next generation of AI. ⚡Both institutions will be awarded time on Isambard-AI and other AIRR facilities. 🗞️Read more: www.gov.uk/government/n...

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UK backs new AI labs to make technology cheaper, more reliable and easier to use

Oxford and UCL to host new government-backed labs developing the next generation of AI that more businesses and services can readily use

Bristol Centre for Supercomputing | BriCS @brics-uob.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

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It was a genuine pleasure to welcome one of our largest users, AI Security Institute, to Isambard-AI yesterday. The world's first state-backed AI security organisation meets the UK's most powerful supercomputer 🇬🇧 💪 Watch our latest case study with AISI Red team: www.youtube.com/watch?v=of2l...

Bristol Centre for Supercomputing | BriCS @brics-uob.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

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Whilst the Anthropic situation continues to evolve, it has served as a reminder that AI is strategic infrastructure, subject to similar geopolitical considerations as energy, telecommunications, semiconductors and defence technologies. Full post on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/lumen-...

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Bristol Centre for Supercomputing | BriCS @brics-uob.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

🎬CASE STUDY: Pollution modelling for the UK. David Topping and his team are using Isambard-AI to create a high-resolution pollution modelling framework, open to all, supported by NVIDIA. ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgRo...

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Bristol Centre for Supercomputing | BriCS @brics-uob.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

🎩 Last night, the BriCS team were delighted to attend the launch of the UK's Sovereign AI Fund, hosted by Tramshed Tech in Cardiff. 📢 The Sovereign AI Fund is the UK Government's new £500 million venture fund committed to backing Britain's AI founders, and BriCS are proud to support this!

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Bristol Centre for Supercomputing | BriCS @brics-uob.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The BriCS team are beyond proud (but not surprised) that our Chief Technology Officer, Sadaf Alam, and our Director, @simonmcs.bsky.social have both been recognised in the Scientific Computing World 'SCW75' list 🎩 www.scientific-computing.com/scientific-c...

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The Scientific Computing World 75 | Scientific Computing World

Bristol Centre for Supercomputing | BriCS @brics-uob.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

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Would compute from Isambard-AI help push your project to it's full potential? Each project can apply for between 50,000 and 1,400,000 graphics processing unit (GPU) hours on the Isambard-AI supercomputer, to be used over a six or 12-month project. 👉 www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

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AIRR compute opportunity: AI open access

Apply for between 50,000 and 1,400,000 graphics processing unit (GPU) hours on the Isambard-AI supercomputer for artificial intelligence (AI) related research and development projects.

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UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · 04/06/2026

Pioneering research from the University of Oxford made the headlines this week👀 This exciting project is using AI to develop personalised cancer vaccines. #MRC funding will support its next phase, including equipment to manufacture experimental mRNA cancer vaccines. 👉 www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Personal cancer vaccines using AI gets research funding in Oxford

Researchers use AI supercomputers to compare vasts amount of data in search for personal vaccines.

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Bristol Centre for Supercomputing | BriCS @brics-uob.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Exciting! £750m in funding announced for the UK's AI Research Resource (AIRR), from the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology. An opportunity for the UK to build more powerful supercomputers - exciting for Bristol, as we have the experts and the experience. www.gov.uk/government/p...

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UK AI Hardware Plan

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Bristol Centre for Supercomputing | BriCS @brics-uob.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Today at London Tech Week, our Director, @simonmcs.bsky.social, sat down with Claire Thorne from Deep Science Ventures, for a session called 'Isambard-AI - Tackling Humanity's Biggest Challenges.' The session covered many themes from project build and funding to software stack and agentic users 💡

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Bristol Centre for Supercomputing | BriCS @brics-uob.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

🎬CASE STUDY: Ensuring LLMs value human cooperation. We will increasingly hand over decision-making to LLMs and we must do all we can to ensure they act with our best interests at heart. Research collab between Geodesic Research and the UK's AI Security Institute. ▶️ youtu.be/PiXtHvKeSC0

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Bristol Centre for Supercomputing | BriCS @brics-uob.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

CASE STUDY: Using AI to spot the earliest signs of disease in farm animals before they even show physical symptoms, allowing early intervention and cures. ▶️ youtu.be/p0WzurIUSuc

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Bristol Centre for Supercomputing | BriCS @brics-uob.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

🎩 Isambard-AI is proudly powering Sovereign AI's £500m fund for startups across the UK. Built like venture capital, funded by UK Government 🇬🇧 Apply for funding 👉 sovereignai.gov.uk/compute-stra... View the portfolio 👉 sovereignai.gov.uk/portfolio UK Gov announcement: lnkd.in/e7s8BKbT

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Bristol Centre for Supercomputing | BriCS @brics-uob.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

We proudly welcome the Sovereign AI portfolio to the UK's fastest supercomputer 🎩 sovereignai.gov.uk/portfolio Congratulations on being the first cohort of what will become a world-changing portfolio, created in the UK, with global impact. 🗞️ www.bristol.ac.uk/research/cen...

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2025: Isambard-AI supercomputer powers £500m UK Sovereign AI fund | Research | University of Bristol

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Bristol Centre for Supercomputing | BriCS @brics-uob.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

🎬 CASE STUDY: A UK built LLM, specifically considering UK minority Celtic languages. How do we ensure LLMs are aligned with UK interests and that they serve the needs of everyone? Meet Prof. Pontus Stenetorp and his team, behind UK-LLM www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jlr1...

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Bristol Centre for Supercomputing | BriCS @brics-uob.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Find us at CUG2026 next week: ssl.linklings.net/conferences/... 🗓️Sunday 26th - Programming Environment, Applications and Documentation (PEAD) 🗓️Monday 27th - Tutorials 1C and 1D 🗓️Thursday 28th - Technical sessions 1B and 6C

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CUG2026 Program

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Bristol Centre for Supercomputing | BriCS @brics-uob.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Isambard Summit 2026 was made a huge success by the speakers, sponsors, and showcased projects. Thank you to everyone who contributed and attended. See you next year 🎩

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Bristol Centre for Supercomputing | BriCS @brics-uob.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Monday 30th March was the 9th anniversary of the Isambard service 🎩 Pictured is BriCS Director, @simonmcs.bsky.social, at the official EPSRC/UKRI launch of Isambard 1 in 2017. Then came Isambard 2 and Isambard 3. 7 years later, we'd start to build the UK's fastest supercomputer, Isambard-AI.

CSCfi @csc.fi · 18/03/2026

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🛠️ Construction of the new data center for the @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social LUMI‑AI supercomputer and the LUMI‑IQ quantum computer is in full swing in Kajaani, Finland! Read more on building this world‑class facility, CSC's largest data center investment to date 🔗 csc.fi/en/blog/cons...

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Bristol Centre for Supercomputing | BriCS @brics-uob.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

🇬🇧 👑 1 month since we had a future King at the Isambard site. There have been many moments to be proud of during the Isambard project, this one is definitely up there. #supercomputing #hpc #ai #royal #sovereignai

BriCS Director Simon McIntosh-Smith and BriCS CTO Sadaf Alam talk with Prince William inside the Isambard-AI modular data centre. A cabinet is open and there are blue and red pipes from the direct liquid cooling system.

BriCS Director Simon McIntosh-Smith talks with Prince William inside the Isambard-AI modular data centre

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Bristol Centre for Supercomputing | BriCS @brics-uob.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

🎬 Isambard-AI - Powered by our People BriCS colleagues share their thoughts and knowledge about Isambard-AI. WATCH: youtu.be/N5QMmgHFpcs?... (7:28 mins) #supercomputing #ai #gpu #bristol @simonmcs.bsky.social

Isambard-AI: About the project

Bristol Centre for Supercomputing | BriCS @brics-uob.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

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🎬 Fintext - an Isambard-AI case study Time Series Foundation Models (TSFMs) aim to revolutionise the science of prediction. But, like LLMS, they can offer inaccurate information and may be at risk of contamination. WATCH: youtu.be/RxVpI_Lf9u8?... (5 mins) #supercomputing #research #ai

Case Study - Isambard-AI: FinText

Bristol Centre for Supercomputing | BriCS @brics-uob.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

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🎬 Healthcare - Isambard-AI case study Cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of sudden death in adults under 35. These researchers are looking for a treatment. Running their simulations on traditional compute would take 50yrs+. WATCH: youtu.be/WDvK4--34JM?... (2 mins) #supercomputing #research #ai

Case Study - Isambard-AI: Healthcare

Bristol Centre for Supercomputing | BriCS @brics-uob.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

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📽️ Isambard-AI. The UK's fastest supercomputer. Built for breakthroughs, powered by people. WATCH: youtu.be/HjwH9DdIjRs?... #supercomputing #ai #bristol

Isambard-AI: A New National Treasure