The government decided to ALLOCATE about 70 million PLEN to build an artificial plant in Poland. It will be established in the Cyfronet AGH Academic Computer Center – said Dariusz Standerski, Deputy Minister of Digitization. Construction will be completed in 2025.
The Deputy Minister of Digital Affairs emphasized that the planned Artificial Intelligence Factory is not an enterprise in the common sense. – It will be an enterprise financed by the European Commission, which will jointly create, test and then use artificial intelligence systems – he said.
Standerski emphasized that the decision to establish the Artificial Intelligence Factory in Poland was made at the government meeting on Tuesday.
– The Council of Ministers decided that PLN 69.6 million will be allocated as part of the amendment of the law on the budget for financial support for the implementation of the project to build an artificial intelligence factory in Poland, – said the deputy head. Ministry of Digital Affairs.
Artificial plant in Poland
He added that the enterprise will be built due to the expansion of resources in the Cyfronet Academic Computer Center of AGH. – The local supercomputer is upgraded with significant reserves of computing power. And then we will join this European artificial intelligence ecosystem, he said.
When asked about the date of construction of the factory, Standersky said that he hopes that this process will start this year and finish next year. It is not yet clear who is the prime contractor for the project.
The Deputy Minister of Digital Affairs also emphasized that the construction of the AI Factory will bring many benefits. – What artificial intelligence really needs is, firstly, computing power and secondly, data. We are already a world leader when it comes to data and data openness. And computing power is exactly one area we still need to invest in. And the decision to build the AI Factory, to which the European Union contributes, is a big step in this regard, said the Deputy Minister.
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