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  • Infrastructure

    1HealthAI

    Spain (EU)

    Europe Buildout

    Infrastructure | System type: European High Performance Computing (EuroHPC) AI Factory (1HealthAI; planned; CESGA AI-specific supercomputer + experimental AI-optimized platform) | Accelerators: Not specified | Interconnect: Not specified | Performance: Not specified | Quantified power/cooling: Not specified

    1HealthAI

    Spain (EU)

    Spain (EU)

    Infrastructure

    Buildout (2025)

    Budget

    $97.1 million total

    Access & Licensing

    AI Factory services + access pathways to EuroHPC resources; sector scope includes climate and health interactions, genomics, personalized medicine, sustainable agrifood systems, blue biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and environmental health

    Purpose

    An EU-selected AI Factory delivering health-focused AI capability across human, animal, and environmental health domains, including a dedicated AI supercomputer, experimental AI platform, and free support services for companies and research centers

    Lead Sponsor

    Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities | EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (JU) | Xunta de Galicia

    Location

    Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia (CESGA) | Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain

    Technical Specifications

    Infrastructure | System type: European High Performance Computing (EuroHPC) AI Factory (1HealthAI; planned; CESGA AI-specific supercomputer + experimental AI-optimized platform) | Accelerators: Not specified | Interconnect: Not specified | Performance: Not specified | Quantified power/cooling: Not specified

    Partners

    CESGA (host/operator; project lead) (ES) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CESGA coowner) (ES) | EuroHPC JU (lead sponsor; funder) (EU) | European Digital Innovation Hub DATAlife (ecosystem partner) (ES) | Gradiant Technology Center (ecosystem partner) (ES) | Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (lead sponsor; funder) (ES) | University of A Coruña (ecosystem partner; Galician University System Network of Research Centres [CIGUS] Network) (ES) | University of Santiago de Compostela (ecosystem partner; CIGUS Network) (ES) | University of Vigo (ecosystem partner; CIGUS Network) (ES) | Xunta de Galicia (lead sponsor; funder; CESGA coowner) (ES)

    Sovereign Profile

    “Spain is leading Europe in advanced technological capabilities, democratising access to AI innovation, thanks to the intense work that this government is carrying out to boost the technological independence of Spain and Europe.” —Óscar López, minister for digital transformation and public function, quoted by La Moncloa.

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  • Infrastructure

    Abu Dhabi Sovereign AI Cloud

    UAE

    Middle East Operational

    Infrastructure | System type: OCI Supercluster deployment in the Oracle Cloud Abu Dhabi Region | Accelerators: More than 4,000 × NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs | Interconnect: Not specified | Performance: Not specified | Quantified power/cooling: Not specified

    Abu Dhabi Sovereign AI Cloud

    UAE

    UAE

    Infrastructure

    Operational (2025)

    Budget

    $3.54 billion

    Access & Licensing

    Cloud service access (OCI); specific public sector/regulatory use cases referenced; detailed access model not specified

    Purpose

    Sovereign AI training and inference capacity in Abu Dhabi via an Oracle Cloud supercluster, positioned to support government and regulated-industry AI workloads while meeting data sovereignty requirements

    Lead Sponsor

    Department of Government Enablement (DGE)

    Location

    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Dedicated Region/Oracle Cloud Abu Dhabi Region | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (in-country sovereign boundaries; Core42/G42 infrastructure referenced)

    Technical Specifications

    Infrastructure | System type: OCI Supercluster deployment in the Oracle Cloud Abu Dhabi Region | Accelerators: More than 4,000 × NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs | Interconnect: Not specified | Performance: Not specified | Quantified power/cooling: Not specified

    Partners

    DGE (lead sponsor; government owner) (AE) OCI (cloud provider/operator) (U.S.) | Core42/G42 (infrastructure foundation) (AE) | Deloitte (implementation/orchestration) (U.S.) | NVIDIA (accelerator platform) (U.S.)

    Sovereign Profile

    “OCI’s sovereign AI infrastructure will directly support Abu Dhabi’s goals of becoming the world’s first fully AI-native government by 2027.” —Oracle.

    “. . . ensuring their sensitive government data does not leave the emirate . . .” —NVIDIA blog, quoting Deloitte.

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  • Infrastructure

    Adastra2 (MI300A partition at CINES)

    France (EU)

    Europe Operational

    Infrastructure | Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Cray EX255a | Accelerators: 112 × AMD Instinct MI300A APUs | Interconnect: Slingshot-11 | Performance: HPL (FP64) Rmax: 2.53 PFLOP/s; Rpeak: 4.06 PFLOP/s | Quantified power/cooling: Power: 36.60 kW; Cooling: 100% fanless direct liquid cooling (97% of heat cooled via warm water); PUE: Not specified

    Adastra2 (MI300A partition at CINES)

    France (EU)

    France (EU)

    Infrastructure

    Operational (2024)

    Budget

    EUR 25 million ($26.45 million)

    Access & Licensing

    Open to academic and industry researchers via France’s national computing allocation framework

    Purpose

    A new AMD-based computing partition integrated into France’s national Adastra supercomputer, combining traditional high-performance computing with AI capability

    Lead Sponsor

    Grand Equipement National de Calcul Intensif (GENCI) | CINES

    Location

    Centre Informatique National de l’Enseignement Supérieur (CINES) | Montpellier, Hérault, France

    Technical Specifications

    Infrastructure | Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Cray EX255a | Accelerators: 112 × AMD Instinct MI300A APUs | Interconnect: Slingshot-11 | Performance: HPL (FP64) Rmax: 2.53 PFLOP/s; Rpeak: 4.06 PFLOP/s | Quantified power/cooling: Power: 36.60 kW; Cooling: 100% fanless direct liquid cooling (97% of heat cooled via warm water); PUE: Not specified

    Partners

    GENCI (owner/coordinator) (FR) CINES (host/operator) (FR) | AMD (hardware provider) (U.S.) | HPE (system vendor) (U.S.)

    Sovereign Profile

    “France continues to strengthen its strategic autonomy with three major supercomputers: Jean Zay, Adastra, and Alice Recoque.” —Élysée document (Make France an AI Powerhouse).

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  • Infrastructure

    AGH Cyfronet Helios

    Poland (EU)

    Europe Operational

    Infrastructure | System type: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Cray EX254n (Helios GPU partition; Cyfronet) | Accelerators: 440 × NVIDIA Grace Hopper GH200 Superchips + 24 × NVIDIA H100 GPUs | Interconnect: Slingshot-11 | Performance: HPL (FP64) Rmax: 19.14 PFLOP/s; Rpeak: 30.44 PFLOP/s | Quantified power/cooling: Power: 316.88 kW; Cooling: Not specified; PUE: Not specified

    AGH Cyfronet Helios

    Poland (EU)

    Poland (EU)

    Infrastructure

    Operational (2024)

    Budget

    Not specified

    Access & Licensing

    Research access via ACC Cyfronet AGH allocation processes (details not specified)

    Purpose

    A national high-performance computing system supporting large-scale scientific simulation and AI workloads for Poland’s research community

    Lead Sponsor

    Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy | European Union

    Location

    Academic Computer Centre (ACC) Cyfronet, AGH University of Krakow | Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

    Technical Specifications

    Infrastructure | System type: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Cray EX254n (Helios GPU partition; Cyfronet) | Accelerators: 440 × NVIDIA Grace Hopper GH200 Superchips + 24 × NVIDIA H100 GPUs | Interconnect: Slingshot-11 | Performance: HPL (FP64) Rmax: 19.14 PFLOP/s; Rpeak: 30.44 PFLOP/s | Quantified power/cooling: Power: 316.88 kW; Cooling: Not specified; PUE: Not specified

    Partners

    Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy (lead sponsor) (PL) European Union (lead sponsor) (EU) | ACC Cyfronet AGH (operator) (PL) | AGH University of Krakow (host institution) (PL) | HPE (system vendor) (U.S.) | NVIDIA (GPU platform supplier) (U.S.) | AMD (CPU platform supplier) (U.S.)

    Sovereign Profile

    “Wspierając rozwój AI na rodzimych zasobach, dbamy o cyfrową suwerenność oraz budujemy fundament pod inteligentne usługi publiczne i biznesowe [By supporting AI development on domestic resources, we safeguard digital sovereignty and build a foundation for intelligent public and business services].” —EuroCC (European High Performance Computing National Competence Center) Poland, post about Polish Large Language Model training moving to Helios at Cyfronet AGH).

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  • Infrastructure

    AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure (ABCI) 3.0 (upgrade)

    Japan

    Asia-Pacific Operational

    Infrastructure | System type: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Cray XD670 (ABCI 3.0) | Accelerators: 6,128 × NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB | Interconnect: InfiniBand NDR200 | Performance: HPL (FP64) Rmax: 145.10 PFLOP/s; Rpeak: 181.49 PFLOP/s | Quantified power/cooling: Power: 3,596.10 kW; Cooling: Not specified; PUE: Not specified

    AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure (ABCI) 3.0 (upgrade)

    Japan

    Japan

    Infrastructure

    Operational (2025)

    Budget

    Not specified

    Access & Licensing

    Open access via usage fees, with standard and discounted tiers for qualifying projects

    Purpose

    Japan’s national open AI cloud supercomputing infrastructure providing large-scale computing resources for generative AI research and development across industry, government, and academia

    Lead Sponsor

    AIST | Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

    Location

    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Kashiwa Center | Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

    Technical Specifications

    Infrastructure | System type: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Cray XD670 (ABCI 3.0) | Accelerators: 6,128 × NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB | Interconnect: InfiniBand NDR200 | Performance: HPL (FP64) Rmax: 145.10 PFLOP/s; Rpeak: 181.49 PFLOP/s | Quantified power/cooling: Power: 3,596.10 kW; Cooling: Not specified; PUE: Not specified

    Partners

    AIST Solutions Co. (operator) (JP) HPE (system supplier) (U.S.) | METI (lead sponsor) (JP) | AIST (lead sponsor) (JP) | NVIDIA (accelerator platform) (U.S.)

    Sovereign Profile

    “日本のAI主権を強化し、研究開発能力を向上させるための戦略的な施策として . . . ABCI 3.0 [As a strategic measure to strengthen Japan’s AI sovereignty and enhance R&D capability . . . [AIST is] boosting ABCI 3.0].” —NVIDIA.

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  • Infrastructure (access program)

    AI Compute Access Fund

    Canada

    Americas Operational

    Infrastructure (access program) | Allocated resource: Subsidy for cloud-based AI compute costs for eligible projects | Mechanism: Program application and approval; cost-share subsidy for approved compute spend | Quantitative limits (caps; quotas; duration): Eligible project compute costs CAD 100,000 to CAD 5 million; cost share up to two-thirds for Canadian cloud-based compute and half for non-Canadian cloud-based compute (reported) | In-scope resources/providers/systems: Canadian and non-Canadian cloud compute services (provider list not specified in cited releases)

    AI Compute Access Fund

    Canada

    Canada

    Infrastructure (access program)

    Operational (2025)

    Budget

    CAD 300 million ($220.4 million)

    Access & Licensing

    SME subsidy (application via online portal/statement of interest; due diligence assessment described by ISED)

    Purpose

    A federal subsidy program to reduce the cost of cloud-based AI computing for eligible Canadian small- and medium-sized enterprises developing made-in-Canada AI products and solutions

    Lead Sponsor

    ISED

    Location

    Not specified (virtual subsidy program) | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (administered by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada [ISED]; compute is cloud based)

    Technical Specifications

    Infrastructure (access program) | Allocated resource: Subsidy for cloud-based AI compute costs for eligible projects | Mechanism: Program application and approval; cost-share subsidy for approved compute spend | Quantitative limits (caps; quotas; duration): Eligible project compute costs CAD 100,000 to CAD 5 million; cost share up to two-thirds for Canadian cloud-based compute and half for non-Canadian cloud-based compute (reported) | In-scope resources/providers/systems: Canadian and non-Canadian cloud compute services (provider list not specified in cited releases)

    Partners

    ISED (lead sponsor; program owner) (CA)

    Sovereign Profile

    “The AI Compute Access Fund will help break down barriers and empower businesses and entrepreneurs to develop made-in-Canada solutions . . . and ensure that Canada’s digital future is secure and innovative.” —Evan Solomon, minister of artificial intelligence and digital innovation (June 25, 2025).

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Authors

  • Pablo Chavez

    Adjunct Senior Fellow, Technology and National Security

    Pablo Chavez is an Adjunct Senior Fellow with CNAS's Technology and National Security Program. His research focuses on the national security, economic, and geopolitical implications of cloud and AI policy.

  • Vivek Chilukuri

    Senior Fellow and Director, Technology and National Security Program

    Vivek Chilukuri is senior fellow and program director of the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), where he studies how artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies are reshaping national security and great power competition.

  • Ruby Scanlon

    Research Associate, Technology and National Security Program

    Ruby Scanlon is a research associate for the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), supporting the Center’s research on US-China technology competition, China's innovation ecosystem, and artificial intelligence (AI) policy.

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