As coordinator of the project HammerHAI, the High-Performance Computing Center of the University of Stuttgart has signed a hosting agreement for a new AI-optimized, EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) supercomputer to be installed at HLRS. This step follows on the EuroHPC JU’s December 2024 announcement of HammerHAI as one of seven “AI Factories” to be established across Europe. HammerHAI was the first AI Factory to be announced for Germany. Today, the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking also announced a second round of six new European AI Factories, bringing the total number to 13.
Mar 12, 2025
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The HammerHAI (Hybrid and Advanced Machine Learning Platform for Manufacturing, Engineering, and Research) consortium is coordinated by the High-Performance Computing Center of the University of Stuttgart (HLRS) together with four partners (the Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ), and SICOS-BW). The project aims to provide European businesses and researchers with secure, scalable, and easily accessible AI resources for training and inference, covering key aspects of the entire AI lifecycle.
The primary objective of HammerHAI is to lower the barriers for start-ups, SMEs, large enterprises, and scientific institutions that need powerful computing capabilities to create and deploy AI-driven solutions. By blending state-of-the-art supercomputing know-how with modern “cloud-like” features, HammerHAI will speed up innovation, help train an AI-ready workforce, and foster a robust and secure AI ecosystem in Germany and across Europe. HammerHAI’s services will also include providing tailored consulting on everything from data preparation to large-scale AI model deployment, and will foster strong communities by promoting collaboration with national and European AI initiatives.
Building on HLRS’s established focus on industry, engineering, and global challenges, HammerHAI will concentrate on addressing the needs of manufacturing, automotive and mobility, and start-ups and SMEs across all sectors, as well as scientific research.
HammerHAI is one of 13 AI Factories that have been announced by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking. Image: EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (click to enlarge)
Among the second round of AI Factories named today by the EuroHPC JU is the JUPITER AI Factory (JAIF) consortium. JAIF is led by the Forschungszentrum Jülich, home of the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC). With the announcement of the second round of AI Factories, Germany’s three national supercomputing centers within the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing (HLRS, JSC, and LRZ) will all now play roles in a major expansion of AI computing capabilities in Europe, working in a coordinated way to address needs for AI infrastructure and support.
— Christopher Williams
HammerHAI is co-funded by the EuroHPC JU, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research, and Art, the Bavarian Ministry of Science and Art, and the Lower Saxony Ministry for Science and Culture.
