Bull signs €30m, five-year contract for Mimer supercomputer in Sweden

Bull has announced a €30 million, five-year contract to provide AI-optimized infrastructure for the Mimer supercomputer at Sweden's Mimer AI factory. Housed at Linköping University's National Academic Infrastructure for Supercomputing in Sweden (NAISS), in partnership with the Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), the supercomputer will be based on Bull's BullSequana XH3500 architecture. The system was procured by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking and co-funded by the Digital Europe Programme and the Swedish Research Council. This system will be the first to include accelerators from Edge AI hardware startup Axelera AI, and Bull will deliver an integrated AI infrastructure including cloud-enabled supercomputing resources, advanced software layers, and dedicated vertical expertise. Bull will also be responsible for maintaining, supporting, and providing training to end users and teams at NAISS.

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University of Linköping

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Swedish public research university in Linköping with 50,000 students and staff, focused on education and innovation across technical and social disciplines.

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Dubai Aerospace Enterprise

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Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) is a global aviation services company. While their primary focus is aircraft leasing and maintenance, they indirectly participate in the infrastructure industry through the financing and management of aviation assets.

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EuroHPC Joint Undertaking

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Axelera AI

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Eindhoven-based AI semiconductor company developing edge AI inference accelerators (Metis AIPU, Europa AIPU) and software (Voyager SDK) for computer vision, LLMs, and generative AI applications, with over $450 million raised since 2021.

Bull

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French high-performance computing and AI technology company specializing in exascale computing, quantum emulation, and sovereign AI platforms. Operates Europe's largest HPC manufacturing facility in Angers with 7,500 employees. Focuses on end-to-end solutions for government and enterprise clients requiring sovereign, energy-efficient computing infrastructure.