UK lines up £250M cloud procurement to feed its growing AI research appetite

The UK government is looking for cloud providers to support its ambition of increasing its AI compute capacity twentyfold by 2030 in a deal that could be worth £250 million. The Department for Science, Innovation & Technology announced plans for a procurement that asks for cloud providers to help ensure researchers from …

[m4r35n357]

Toy "investment"

Compared to what the "grown-ups" are spending.

Thank fuck.

[Pascal Monett]

"a deal that could be worth £250 million"

Nah. It'll cost £600 million and be delivered 7 years late - and it won't work as expected.

Par for the course.

[Anonymous Coward]

"The Department for Science, Innovation & Technology announced plans for a procurement that asks for cloud providers to help ensure researchers from academia, public institutions, and SMEs can access the hardware they need."

But do they actually 'need' it? I'm sure that Academia would like new toys to play with, but is it essential? And do public institutions and SMEs actually have any clear need for it at all?