Artificial Intelligence: Research
(asked on 21st May 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Answer of 21 April 2026 to Question 128826, when the chips used in the Isambard‑AI and Dawn AI Research Resource clusters in (a) July 2024, (b) July 2025 and (c) April 2026 were procured.
Answered by
Kanishka Narayan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Department does not hold information centrally on the procurement dates of individual chips used within the Isambard AI and Dawn AI Research Resource clusters.
Hardware for both systems was procured by delivery partners as part of wider system procurements, with components ordered and delivered in phases to support system build, integration and commissioning. Procurement activity therefore spans a period of time and is not recorded against single dates for individual components.
As a result, the Department is not able to provide specific procurement dates for the chips in July 2024, July 2025, or April 2026.