The AI Factories (AIF) are defined as "dynamic ecosystems", built around AI-optimized supercomputers. They will offer computing resources and training and support services to industry, as well as to scientific users and European public services, for the development and use of large-scale models. The "AIFs" thus aim to leverage the technological capabilities of AI in the Union and to the development of skills and knowledge in the field of AI.
Selected by EuroHPC, the AI2F (AI Factory France) project aims to federate an ecosystem unique in Europe, involving startups, SMEs, major groups, research organizations, data centers, universities, business and engineering schools, think tanks, incubation facilities and VCs (venture capital).
Driven by GENCI, in partnership with a broad coalition of some of the most prestigious academic, public and private partners, leading innovation players and industrialists (AMIAD, CEA, CINES, CNRS, HubFranceIA, Inria, Mission French Tech, Station-F as well as representatives of the 9 IA Clusters (Universite Toulouse, Université Grenoble, Universite Strasbourg / Université Lorraine, Sorbonne Université, Hi!Paris, Université Paris Saclay, PSL (Paris Science Lettres), Universite Cote Azur, Université Rennes) and France Universités, AI2F will roll out a national and European-scale platform, joining a European network of 13 AI Factories to date.
AI Factory France will offer, through a broad set of services, concrete proposals to meet the triple challenge of AI: computation - data - skills. In particular, this project will strengthen the French center of expertise and technical support, helping users to identify and access these services, in order to make the most of this technology's potential.
This platform, a veritable gas pedal of AI technologies and their use in the service of science, industry and society, will give all the players involved access to this ecosystem providing high-performance computing resources, expertise, training/assistance, as well as the provision of tools, AI models and datasets. A one-stop shop will also be implemented in early 2026, offering access to national public computing resources: Jean Zay at IDRIS, Adastra at CINES and Joliot-Curie at TGCC, and the future Alice Recoque supercomputer, France's Exascale machine; but also to private computing resources to support commercial activities, as part of the establishment of a public/private continuum of resources and services.
If you're a researcher exploring advanced AI methods, a start-up developing revolutionary products, a university developing your AI programs, an industrial leader looking for data-driven solutions or a public service interested in integrating and using AI, AI Factory France is for you!
We'll tell you more very soon. See you on November 5!