Spain has two AI Factories connected to EuroHPC: one at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and another at the Galicia Supercomputing Centre. They combine computing capacity, data, specialist knowledge and support services.
The Barcelona AI Factory uses an AI-optimised partition of MareNostrum 5 and offers access to European startups and SMEs. Its purpose is to reduce a major barrier to training and evaluating advanced models.
Computing power does not replace a product
A company may train a technically sophisticated model without solving a real need. Responsible adoption begins with a defined problem, suitable data, quality metrics and a clear method for integrating the result into existing operations.
Data defines the practical limit
Quality, origin, permissions and representativeness affect every system. Before increasing model size, organisations need control over access, documentation, security and potential bias.
From experiment to daily operation
The difficult stage begins after a successful pilot. Maintaining models requires human oversight, predictable costs, updates, continuous evaluation and procedures for stopping a system when its results are no longer reliable.