The government has announced plans to supercharge AI collaboration across Europe.

Public research organisations can now apply to host the UK’s AI Factory Antenna – a facility that, if approved, would link British research expertise to its advanced supercomputers across Europe.  

The expression of interest is open to individual public research organisations or consortia and will identify the UK’s government-backed bid to apply to EuroHPC’s call – with up to €5 million available. 

If successful, the chosen organisation will become the UK’s AI Factory Antenna, acting as the gateway to top European supercomputers through a partnership with an AI Factory on the continent.

This would allow UK scientists, startups and public institutions to build larger, more complex AI models.

It is hoped that greater collaboration will help address global challenges like climate change and disease, support the development of advanced AI systems used in healthcare and energy, and drive economic growth.

The announcement follows the new UK-EU agreement, signed earlier this month.

Minister for AI, Feryal Clark, said: "Supercomputers are the turbo-chargers of discovery. By strengthening our partnership with Europe, we’re giving British innovators the compute power to solve climate and health challenges, grow the economy, and deliver our Plan for Change.

"This is about more than faster processing – it’s about putting the UK at the forefront of global AI. With access to some of Europe’s most advanced systems, our researchers and startups will be equipped to lead on cutting-edge breakthroughs and strengthen Britain’s role as a trusted partner in international AI development."