Pilot UK AI Factory Antenna: What’s Involved?
In 2025, EPCC was selected by the UK Government’s Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) to be the UK’s AI Factory Antenna, under the European Commission AI Programme.
The UK AI Factory Antenna (Pilot-UKAIFA) is a €10 million (£8.6 million) project and one of thirteen Antenna initiatives across Europe. These projects complement the European AI Factories, which provide large scale, AI focused supercomputing infrastructure.
Pilot-UKAIFA is led by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking. It is delivered by EPCC in partnership with the HammerHAI AI Factory, coordinated by HLRS, the HighPerformance Computing Centre Stuttgart, together with a consortium of German research centres.
How do we support the uptake of AI?
Pilot-UKAIFA will support organisations aiming to implement AI in their business through:
- Consultancy (endeavours) and application design projects.Training for all levels of AI expertise
- Workshops and regional roadshows
- Targeted calls for participation
Resources
Organisations taking part in Endeavours — projects that apply AI within a specific operational context — via Pilot-UKAIFA, can make use of:
- EPCC’s Edinburgh International Data Facility (EIDF)
- Access pathways to European AI Factory
AI Factories and Antennas
AI Factories and Antennas act as centres for innovation and collaboration by bringing together:
- Academic, industry, and public sector expertise.
- Data and digital infrastructure
- High-Performance computing resources
Learn more
Join an information webinar with ScotlandIS on 11th November.