Canada to Join EU Network of Supercomputers (politico.eu) 13
Canada is joining the European Union's supercomputing network to give Canadian companies, startups, and researchers access to European computing resources for AI development. The partnership aims to strengthen AI cooperation and reduce dependence on US technology. Politico reports: The EU's supercomputing network is run by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking, an EU public-private vehicle with an 8.2 billion-euro budget. The network consists of 14 supercomputers (some ranked in the global top 10), 19 AI-focused AI factories and 10 quantum computers. The vehicle will also run seven massive AI data center hubs, known as AI gigafactories, set to be built next year with a total investment cost of 30 billion euros.
Experts praised a possible EU-Canadian compute power team-up, but warned it's only the start. "Compute cooperation is one of the most obvious short-term 'middle power' cooperation plays in AI," said Anton Leicht, technology and international affairs fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. But he added that for now "it doesn't put a dent into the actual dependence" on the U.S. "As long as the U.S. builds gigawatt-scale clusters, no amount of cooperation that doesn't result in massive buildouts will help," he said.
Canada's engagement in the EU's supercomputer network builds further on Canada's previous partial involvement in the EU's flagship research and development program, Horizon Europe. Horizon Europe partially funds EuroHPC. To date, 38 countries have participated in the EU's supercomputing network: 27 EU member countries plus non-EU countries including Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Israel and Turkey.
Experts praised a possible EU-Canadian compute power team-up, but warned it's only the start. "Compute cooperation is one of the most obvious short-term 'middle power' cooperation plays in AI," said Anton Leicht, technology and international affairs fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. But he added that for now "it doesn't put a dent into the actual dependence" on the U.S. "As long as the U.S. builds gigawatt-scale clusters, no amount of cooperation that doesn't result in massive buildouts will help," he said.
Canada's engagement in the EU's supercomputer network builds further on Canada's previous partial involvement in the EU's flagship research and development program, Horizon Europe. Horizon Europe partially funds EuroHPC. To date, 38 countries have participated in the EU's supercomputing network: 27 EU member countries plus non-EU countries including Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Israel and Turkey.
Well THAT is news! (Score:1)
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I think a more accurate description would be "Canada agrees to pay to access EU Network of Supercomputers".
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> .I thought "Data Centers == Bad
It depends, why do you think that ?
"The Canadian government is taking an equity stake in Cohere, joining a funding round led by Germany's Schwarz Group targeting $7 billion for the Toronto-based AI lab, Cohere said on Thursday" - https://www.cbc.ca/news/busine... [www.cbc.ca]
"Just not acceptable’: Backlash grows over [Anthropic] Nova Scotia AI data centre project" - https://globalnews.ca/news/121... [globalnews.ca]
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Bet there is a Beowulf cluster in the basement of University of Toronto under a pile of magazine covers featuring Tasya Teles.
The US is an unreliable boyfriend (Score:5, Insightful)
Go Canada! Diversify as many of your dependencies on the US as you can!!!
There is a new book about this Unreliable Boyfriend: An Insider's View of Dealing with a Chaotic Superpower, Plutocrats, and Other Complicated People [goodreads.com]
Trump's America First really means America ALONE with $40 Trillion in government debt. In Trump's unaffordable economy of useless foreign wars with the inflation caused by Trump's economic policies. And just wait until the Medicaid cuts come into force AFTER the midterms... It's time to neuter Trump.
I wonder if this consortium will be using Mistral.ai? [mistral.ai]
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Re:The US is an unreliable boyfriend (Score:5, Informative)
History will be VERY unkind (honest) about Trump and his Family and Friends..."Trump: The Man who killed the USA"
Trump has pulled various kill switches , everyone "knew" they were there, using them just proved the USA was willing to do that, even to allies.
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I wonder if this consortium will be using Mistral.ai? [mistral.ai]
A Joint Undertaking (as defined by art. 187 TFEU) is one level above that. It is a public-funded initiative to create competence centres across Europe, In this case, in HPC / AI. Universities and private actors such as Mistral AI previously set up a competence centre in their area of action. Their website lists 18 such "AI Factories" https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.... [europa.eu] . EU companies (and apparently Canadian companies as well) can now apply to use these public-funded infrastructures for their needs through a
Re:The US is an unreliable boyfriend (Score:5, Insightful)
Unreliable boyfriend ?
The US is a fucking wife beater.
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Unreliable boyfriend ?
The US is a fucking wife beater.
"Unreliable Boyfriend" of the girl next door named Canada is the complete metaphor.
And yes, he does all the things misogynist men are capable of.
Need I say it? (Score:4)
Winning! I'm tired of all the winning!