AI supercomputer · the United Kingdom
University of Bristol Isambard-AI
University of Bristol Isambard-AI is an AI supercomputer in the United Kingdom, with 5,448 H100e of compute, owned by UK Research and Innovation.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | United Kingdom | Epoch AI supercomputers · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | National Composites Centre, Bristol & Bath Science Park, Emersons Green, Bristol BS16 7FS, United Kingdom | Epoch AI supercomputers · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | Epoch AI supercomputers · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2025 | Epoch AI supercomputers · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner type | Public | Epoch AI supercomputers · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | UK Research and Innovation | Epoch AI supercomputers · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Compute (H100 equivalents) | 5,448 H100e | Epoch AI supercomputers · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Chips | NVIDIA GH200 | Epoch AI supercomputers · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| AI chips | 5,448 | Epoch AI supercomputers · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Facility power | 7.6 MW (estimated) | Epoch AI supercomputers · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.4982, -2.4759 | OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocoder · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this AI supercomputer and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its permits and status, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchHow it compares by compute
University of Bristol Isambard-AI is the largest of 6 AI supercomputers in the United Kingdom by compute, with 5,448 H100e. Ranks and totals cover the AI supercomputers in our data that report their compute, not every one in existence.
| Within | Rank |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1st of 6 |
| All AI supercomputers in our data | 30th of 284 |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this AI supercomputer: 488 power plants (197 operating, 2,060 MW), 121 grid connections (76 operating, 906 MW), 50 substations, 13 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folly Brook Road, Emersons Green - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1 MW | Permitted | 1.0 km |
| Westerleigh Solar, Oakleigh Green Farm Lane - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1.2 MW | Permitted | 2.4 km |
| Westerleigh Hill, Westerleigh - Battery Energy Storage Facility | Power plant | 200 MW | Permitted | 2.6 km |
| nLighten Bristol | Data center | — | — | 8.7 km |
| Castle Combe PV grid connection | Grid connection | 11.4 MW | Operating | 18 km |
| Alderton Primary | Substation | — | — | 19 km |
| Spring Quarry West Primary | Substation | — | — | 19 km |
| Ark Data Centres | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 996865179) | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
Owner and place
Other AI supercomputers in United Kingdom
- Northern Data Group Njored Taiga Cloud Island 52,048 H100e
- NVIDIA Cambridge-1202 H100e
- University of Edinburgh DiRAC Tursa141 H100e
- University of Cambridge Wilkes-3101 H100e
- University of Oxford Jade232 H100e
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocoder, ODbL 1.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.