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14 records Generated from this page's data. Click a name to open its panel on the Places: Scotland page. Records resting on one source are tagged "one source".| Record | What it is | Place | Links | Confidence |
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| ARCHERData centres and compute sites | National supercomputer hosted at EPCC, University of Edinburgh, launched November 2013; lifetime cost £78.2m over five years; funded mainly by EPSRC and NERC. closed (replaced by ARCHER2) | Edinburgh (—) | ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/EPSRC-050722 · bristol.ac.uk/acrc/high-performance-computing/na | verified |
| ARCHER2Data centres and compute sites | UK Tier-1 national supercomputer, an HPE Cray EX system at EPCC, University of Edinburgh; operational 2021; £79m from EPSRC and NERC; access ends November 2026. active; service ending | Edinburgh (—) | discover.ukri.org/archer2/index.html · docs.hpc.shef.ac.uk/en/latest/other-uk-hpc-resou · epcc.ed.ac.uk/hpc-services/archer2 · epcc.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/newsletters/EP | verified |
| ARCHIE-WeStData centres and compute sites | Regional Tier-2 HPC Centre of Excellence based at the University of Strathclyde, one of five EPSRC funded in 2012–13. | Glasgow (—) | ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/EPSRC-050722 | one source |
| Argyll Data DevelopmentCompanies | Developer of the proposed Killellan AI Growth Zone campus on the Cowal Peninsula; runs a sovereign AI inference cloud with SambaNova from undisclosed UK data centres. | Killellan, Cowal Peninsula (—) | datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/argyll-and-samban · datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/argyll-and-samban | one source |
| Charger (UCL-led National Compute Resource)Data centres and compute sites | UKRI-funded national computing resource led by UCL, built by HPE and hosted by DataVita in Lanarkshire; it follows the MMM Hub. being installed; expected later in 2026national CPU compute resourceKey facts £19.5m over five years (UKRI quote on same page: £19.4m), equipment plus service to 2031; more than 37,000 Intel Xeon Platinum CPU cores; HPE (Slingshot, Cray storage), direct liquid cooling; a small number of NVIDIA RTX 6000 Pro Blackwell server GPUs "in the cloud"; hosted at DataVita's Lanarkshire campus, about 465 t CO2e a year saved against London; one of four UKRI National Compute Resources | Lanarkshire (hosting); London (UCL ARC) | ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/feb/ucl-host-ps195m-supercom · datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/scotlands-datavit | verified |
| CirrusData centres and compute sites | HPC system at EPCC, University of Edinburgh, now one of the UKRI National Compute Resources; HPE EX4000 with 640 AMD EPYC nodes. | Edinburgh (—) | hpc-uk.ac.uk/facilities/ · docs.hpc.shef.ac.uk/en/latest/other-uk-hpc-resou · epcc.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/newsletters/EP · ed.ac.uk/news/step-change-for-uks-digital-horsep | verified |
| DiRAC TursaData centres and compute sites | DiRAC's GPU-based extreme-scaling system at Edinburgh, used for workloads including quantum chromodynamics. | Edinburgh (—) | docs.hpc.shef.ac.uk/en/latest/other-uk-hpc-resou · dirac.ac.uk/extreme-scaling-service-edinburgh/ | one source |
| Edinburgh exascale supercomputer plan (cancelled 2024)Schemes, programmes and AI lines | A planned national exascale computer at Edinburgh, cut in August 2024 and replaced in 2025 by an up-to-£750m national supercomputer. cancelled; replaced by BIZ-CLD-020exascale planKey facts proposed budget about £800m; University of Edinburgh built a £31m facility to house it; cancelled 2024-08-05; replacement up to £750m announced 2025-06; EPCC: "no longer calling this the exascale system" (2025-06-12) | Edinburgh | theregister.com/2024/08/05/axe_exascale_uk_edinb · theregister.com/2025/06/12/uk_national_supercomp | one source |
| EPCC additional storage for AI for scienceSchemes, programmes and AI lines | Government investment in more storage capacity at EPCC, Edinburgh, linked to the AIRR federated platform. announced | Edinburgh (—) | gov.uk/government/publications/ai-for-science-st | one source |
| EPCC Cerebras CS-3 clusterData centres and compute sites | Four Cerebras CS-3 wafer-scale systems at EPCC, University of Edinburgh, doubling its earlier two CS-2 systems; for AI model training and inference research. installed | Edinburgh (—) | datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/university-of-edi · epcc.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/newsletters/EP | one source |
| iomart Group plcCompanies | Glasgow-based, AIM-listed cloud and hosting company with owned UK data centres, planning to launch AI services.UK cloud MSP (AIM)Key facts Revenue £77.7m for six months to 2025-09-30, up 25% (2025-10-30); 600+ staff (2025-11); about 30% of revenue from Microsoft-connected activities (2025-10-30); £115m revolving credit facility to 2027-06-30 with RBS, HSBC and Clydesdale Bank (2025); "Productisation of AI Services" listed as second-half priority (2025-11); CEO post vacant, Richard Last Executive Chair (2025-11) | Glasgow | iomart.com/media/1spcqa5x/iomart-half-yearly-res · iomart.com/investors/regulatory-announcements/ne | verified |
| Maxwell (University of Aberdeen HPC)Data centres and compute sites | University of Aberdeen research cluster for genomics, designed, integrated and managed by OCF on Lenovo servers with NVIDIA GPUs.university GPU clusterKey facts 40 compute nodes plus four Lenovo SD530 servers; NVIDIA GPUs (count not published); BeeGFS storage, "twenty times more storage" than predecessor (2020-08) | Aberdeen | ocf.co.uk/about-us/blog/maxwell-supercomputer-at | one source |
| National Supercomputing CentresSchemes, programmes and AI lines | Roadmap designation for national compute centres; EPCC at the University of Edinburgh is named the first. announced | Edinburgh (—) | gov.uk/government/publications/uk-compute-roadma | one source |
| Next National Supercomputing Service, University of EdinburghSchemes, programmes and AI lines | A planned £750m national supercomputer at the University of Edinburgh, to replace ARCHER2 and serve science and AI research. plannedpublic compute | Edinburgh | gov.uk/government/news/scotland-to-host-uks-nati · gov.uk/government/publications/uk-compute-roadma · find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/062921-2025 · gov.uk/government/publications/digital-and-techn | verified |