French supercomputer maker Bull doubles output to boost Europe's AI ambitions: Report
Bull said European-made components now account for 70% of its systems as it adds capacity for exascale and AI orders.
- On Thursday, French supercomputer maker Bull reopened its expanded factory in Angers, France, doubling production capacity to 12 racks per month as Europe bolsters its AI computing capacity.
- The €80 million expansion was driven by strategic autonomy needs; France turned to Bull in the 1980s after the United States halted supercomputer shipments to the CEA nuclear agency.
- Chief Executive Emmanuel Le Roux reported record orders this year, winning 15 of 18 tenders from EuroHPC while assembling the 94-rack Alice Recoque supercomputer for France.
- The expansion enables simultaneous assembly of large orders previously impossible to build in parallel, while European-made components now account for 70% of machines, up from 20–30% five years ago.
- Production capacity could reach 24 racks next year, supporting the European Union's €7 billion supercomputing investment aimed at closing the compute gap with the United States and China.
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The French manufacturer of Bull supercomputers, controlled by the French State, reopened its factory in Angers after an expansion of EUR 80 million which doubled its productive capacity, amidst the efforts of the European Union (EU) to reduce the computational lag in artificial intelligence vis-à-vis the United States and China. The European Union (EU) committed EUR 7 billion between 2021 and 2027 to structure a regional network of supercomputer…
EXCLUSIVE: French supercomputer maker Bull doubles output to boost Europe's AI ambitions
Bull, the state-owned French maker of Europe's fastest supercomputers, reopened an expanded factory on Thursday to double its production capacity, executives told Reuters, as Europe bolsters its AI computing capacity.
The European Union (EU) is committed to unlocking computing power by investing seven billion euros in the US and China by 2027.
The demand for high-performance computers is increasing significantly, thanks also to billions of EU investments. The French manufacturer Bull AI benefits from numerous large-scale orders
Bull significantly accelerates the production of supercomputers in France. The French manufacturer, now 100% owned by the state after its acquisition at Atos, has just doubled the capacity of its factory in Angers after an investment of 80 million euros. The site now assembles up to 12 racks per month, against six previously, with the possibility of [...] The Bull article doubles its production of supercomputers in France to meet the demand in I…
In Angers, a historic industrial site is changing its scale to support the continent's digital sovereignty efforts. The French group Bull is manoeuvring.
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