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The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU)
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Acquisition, delivery, installation and hardware and software maintenance of LUMI-AI Supercomputer

The purpose of this call is to select one economic operator for the component acquisition, delivery, installation and hardware and software installation and maintenance of LUMI-AI, that will be owned by the EuroHPC JU.

Details

Status
Open
Reference
EUROHPC/LUX/2025/CD/0001
Publication date
23 May 2025
Opening date
Deadline model
Single-stage
Deadline date
8 July 2025, 16:00 (CEST)

Description

The LUMI-AI supercomputer will be installed and hosted by the CSC, the Finnish IT Centre for Science, located in Kajaani (Finland).

LUMI-AI will enable next-generation AI workflows, characterised by challenging training data that is large, dynamic, and often confidential.

The EuroHPC JU will conclude one contract with the successful tenderer in order to acquire, deliver, install and maintain this AI-optimised supercomputer. Therefore, the prospective contractors should have proven experience of acquiring, delivering, installing and maintaining supercomputers in similar environments as the ones required in this procurement procedure. 

The solutions to be procured are expected to outperform existing solutions regarding the following aspects:  

  • Performance/TCO;
  • Usability for AI model and application development, testing, and deployment;
  • Versatility in adapting to new AI use-cases which are transforming the supercomputing landscape;
  • Security, including data security and the provision of Secure Processing Environments;
  • Reliability for industry workloads;
  • Energy efficiency. 

The estimated total value for the call is EUR 387 800 000. The deadline for submission of tenders is set for 8 July 2025, 16:00 CET. 

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