UK GOVERNMENT AI UNIVERSE: PUBLIC COMPUTE

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6 Public compute AI entries tracked · 3 connections

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As written in the research. Data as of 28 October 2026 (edition 2.1).
official nameAI Research Resource (AIRR) and the national supercomputing estate
short labelPublic AI compute
govuk categoryGroup page
govuk urlgov.uk/government/publications/ai-research-resou
headquartersmachines at Bristol (Isambard-AI), Cambridge (Dawn, Zenith) and Edinburgh (EPCC); a fourth site to be selected; see infra records for coordinates
parent (as of 2026-10-28)BIST (GOV.UK AIRR page updated 28 September 2026 to replace DSIT with BIST); UKRI runs access and owns the Edinburgh machine
previous parent / parent changedDSIT until July 2026
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blurbThe publicly owned AI supercomputers at Bristol and Cambridge, the £750m national supercomputer under construction at Edinburgh, a second £750m AI supercomputer whose host site is being chosen, and the roadmap to expand public AI compute twentyfold by 2030.
website still shows old brandingthe UK Compute Roadmap page and the July 2026 host-site notice still carry DSIT; the AIRR pages were updated to BIST on 28 September 2026.

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1Shown as gaps, never filled in by guesswork. Supplement 1 (the second pass) closed some; they are listed below.

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