Scaleway to build AI supercomputer in Sweden using AMD rather than Nvidia chips
The French cloud provider plans Europe's first commercially available AMD-based AI supercomputer. Sweden's largely low-carbon electricity was one reason for the location.
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French cloud provider Scaleway plans to build an artificial intelligence supercomputer in Sweden, its first outside France. The company announced the project on Tuesday at its annual AI conference in Paris. The system will be built around AMD Instinct MI355X accelerators, which AMD positions as a rival to Nvidia's Blackwell processors. Scaleway says it will be the first AMD-based AI supercomputer in Europe for commercial use, open to startups, AI companies and businesses.
Bull will assemble and maintain the machine. Giga Computing will supply servers, HPE networking, VAST Data storage and Motul liquid cooling. Sweden was chosen for its largely low-carbon power mix and strong AI sector, Reuters reported. Scaleway entered the Swedish market in May through a partnership with telecom operator Tele2. The number of chips, the cost and the start date were not disclosed.
Stephanie Dismore, AMD's senior vice president for EMEA, said Scaleway was expanding the choice of AI infrastructure available to customers across Europe. AMD already supplies the LUMI research supercomputer in Finland. Bull told Reuters the project would enhance Europe's AI capabilities.