Poland has launched the Gaia AI Factory project under the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU). This new AI-focused supercomputer is located in Kraków and operated by the Academic Computer Centre Cyfronet AGH. The 10 exoflops supercomputer project will include over 1,000 GPU accelerators for AI training and inference workloads which would deliver several times the performance of Poland’s current fastest supercomputer, Helios.
According to a press release, the Gaia AI Factory is centered on expanding national AI computing capacity through new supercomputing infrastructure, shared data access, and AI skills development. While the infrastructure is intended to support workloads such as healthcare analytics, space-sector applications, and large language model training (LLM).
Marek Magryś, director of ACC Cyfronet AGH, stated, “Gaia AI Factory is not just another supercomputer, but above all, the foundation of a new artificial intelligence ecosystem in Poland. We are combining infrastructure, data, and competencies to enable innovation development on a European scale.”
EuroHPC JU and Academic Computer Centre Cyfronet AGH established the Gaia AI Factory consortium which is coordinated by Cyfronet AGH and includes AGH University of Krakow, Wrocław Centre for Networking and Supercomputing, Gdańsk University of Technology, University of Warsaw, National Centre for Nuclear Research, NASK, Jagiellonian University, and Kraków Technology Park.
The project is supported by Poland’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Ministry of Digital Affairs, Ministry of Finance, and Ministry of Development and Technology.
Planned use cases include medical imaging analysis, public administration systems, multilingual translation services, satellite data processing, and AI tools for startups and businesses. The Gaia AI Factory will also be integrated with the PIAST AI Factory and the LUMI AI Factory as part of a wider European AI infrastructure aligned with the Digital Europe Programme, Horizon Europe, and the AI Continent Action Plan.
The High Performance Computing (HPC) market in Poland is projected to reach approximately US$ 350 million in 2026 and the market is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.8 percent. By 2033, the Poland HPC market size is forecast to attain an estimated value of around US$ 980 million as reported by Insight Leaders.