HammerHAI

Hybrid and Advanced Machine Learning Platform for Manufacturing, Engineering, and Research

HammerHAI is building a state-of-the-art “AI Factory” that will provide European businesses and researchers with secure, scalable, and easily accessible AI resources and support.

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. One of 13 AI factories established by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking, HammerHAI will speed up innovation, help train an AI-ready workforce, and foster a robust and secure AI ecosystem across Germany and Europe.

System and concept

At the heart of HammerHAI will be a new AI-optimized supercomputer that will be hosted at HLRS. The system will offer accelerated nodes that cater to medium to large-scale AI model training and inference workloads, “cloud-like” usability that lets users migrate existing solutions to HammerHAI’s infrastructure and access compute resources on an as-needed basis, and robust security that complies with GDPR, AI Act, and other European AI and data protection standards.

HammerHAI is also more than just hardware. It is an integrated ecosystem of services, training, and partnerships. This includes promoting rapid AI adoption among European start-ups, SMEs, industrial players, and academic institutions; providing tailored consulting on everything from data preparation to large-scale AI model deployment; and fostering strong communities by promoting collaboration with national and European AI initiatives.

Runtime

01. April 2025 -
31. March 2028

Website

www.hammerhai.eu

Key sectors and supported domains

Within Germany’s HPC landscape, the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing (GCS) and associated HPC sites follow a coordinated approach to support Europe’s AI needs. Each AI Factory addresses different user communities, which affects both the hardware configuration and the services offered. In this context, HammerHAI expands HLRS’s established focus on industry, engineering, and global challenges, focusing particularly on the needs of manufacturing, automotive and mobility, start-ups and SMEs across all sectors, and academia. A second German AI factory will be based at Jülich Supercomputing Centre.

Personalized services, resources, and training

HammerHAI’s service portfolio is designed to help users integrate AI solutions at all stages of the application life cycle. It will offer a “concierge” service that provides end-to-end personal guidance through HammerHAI’s offerings, from first inquiry to solution deployment. HammerHAI’s support staff can help identify the most relevant AI applications, provide technical support, estimate costs, and optimize scaling. The AI Factory also provides pre-trained models and container templates. It will offer collaboration tools that allow teams to share datasets, code, and pre-built models while maintaining strict data governance. In addition, HammerHAI will give opportunities for skills development, including workshops and training courses, hands-on labs, and university and vocational programs.