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UK government shelves £1.3bn for Edinburgh exascale computer and AI Research Resource

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Source: LBC (PA Media)Also reported by TechRepublic

The new UK government confirmed on 2 August 2024 that it would not go ahead with £1.3 billion of tech and AI funding announced by its predecessor. That covered £800 million for an exascale supercomputer at the University of Edinburgh and £500 million more for the AI Research Resource; DSIT said the money had never been allocated in budgets.

Why it matters

UK researchers lost the planned national exascale machine and an expansion of public AI compute, though a £300m AI Research Resource grant continued.

When
2 Aug 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0116
Who
DSIT, University of Edinburgh

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from LBC (PA Media) and the reporting credited above. We could not open the primary document, so it is marked Reported. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

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WTA-N-2024-0116: “UK government shelves £1.3bn for Edinburgh exascale computer and AI Research Resource.” wheresthe.ai, 2 Aug 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/gb-shelves-1-3bn-exascale-and-airr-funding-2024-08/ (source: LBC (PA Media)).

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