Poland Launches Gaia AI Factory – A New European Center for Trusted Artificial Intelligence
The Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling (ICM), University of Warsaw, will participate in the creation of a state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI) factory. The Gaia AI Factory will be established with European funding under the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (JU). The project is led by ACK Cyfronet AGH and implemented by a broad consortium of leading research institutions, domain experts, and technology partners.
Project and Partners
With a total budget of €70 million, the project is co-financed in equal parts by Poland and the European Union under the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU). The initiative aims to build the infrastructure and ecosystem needed to foster the development of advanced AI technologies aligned with European values of trust, transparency, and accountability.
The Gaia AI Factory project will accelerate the development and adoption of cutting-edge AI technologies in Poland. It includes expanding supercomputing infrastructure, improving access to large-scale data repositories, and strengthening AI skills and competencies through a comprehensive offer of training, advisory services, and talent development programs. The project will focus on three key domains: healthcare, the space sector, and the development of large language models (LLMs).
The Gaia AI Factory consortium brings together leading research institutions, domain experts, and technology partners representing AI stakeholder groups across Poland. The partners include: Academic Computer Centre Cyfronet AGH and the Faculty of Space Technology of AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków; Wrocław Centre for Networking and Supercomputing, Wrocław University of Science and Technology; TASK Computer Centre, Gdańsk University of Technology; Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling, University of Warsaw (ICM); National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ); National Research Institute NASK; Information Processing Center (OPI PIB); Sano – Centre for Computational Medicine – International Research Foundation; Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University; Institute of Mother and Child; Krakow Technology Park.
The consortium, coordinated by ACK Cyfronet AGH, operates with the coordinated support of several key Polish ministries: the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Ministry of Digital Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Development and Technology. Poland’s financial contribution comes from the first two ministries.
AI Computing Infrastructure
The Polish AI Factory will become a national center of excellence, providing state-of-the-art infrastructure for advanced AI tasks. At its core will be a new supercomputer optimized for AI workloads, enabling the large-scale training, testing, and deployment of AI models.
The system will address both current and future use cases, offering over one thousand GPU accelerators for training and running AI models. The Gaia AI supercomputer will deliver computational power several times greater than Poland’s current fastest system, Helios. Like Helios, it will be based in Kraków, managed by ACK Cyfronet AGH, and integrated with the national PLGrid infrastructure, leveraging Poland’s existing expertise and experience.
“Gaia AI Factory will accelerate Poland’s contribution to building Europe’s technological sovereignty in AI,” emphasizes Marek Magryś, Director of ACK Cyfronet AGH. “By combining computing power, data, expert knowledge, and training, we are creating a national platform for AI development.”
New Opportunities for Society and the Economy
The Gaia AI Factory is not just an infrastructure project, it is also a collaborative platform connecting academia, industry, and the public sector. It will provide a comprehensive suite of tools and services to support the entire AI project lifecycle, from data preparation to model training and deployment.
Thanks to the new infrastructure and stronger collaboration between science and business, AI-driven solutions will emerge faster, advancing scientific research, improving daily life, enhancing public services, and driving economic growth.
Practical benefits include:
- Healthcare: faster and more accurate medical imaging diagnostics, advanced data analysis, personalized therapies, and decision-support tools for clinicians.
- Public safety and administration: intelligent data analysis systems enabling faster responses to threats, improved citizen services, and multilingual translation tools for public administration.
- Education: open-access AI tools and training programs to boost digital skills and develop the talent essential for a modern knowledge-based economy.
- Environment and space: satellite data analysis for monitoring climate change, air quality, and natural disasters.
- Economy: support for startups and enterprises developing new AI-based products and services — from industry to the creative sector.
In practice, the Gaia AI Factory will make AI solutions more accessible, secure, and ethical, positioning Poland as a key European hub for AI innovation. The project will also feature a broad range of training sessions and workshops designed to help participants build new competencies and advance digital skills.
“A key priority is ensuring that AI technology is accessible to everyone, from startups and small businesses to established enterprises, research institutions, public bodies, and society at large,”
adds Marek Magryś. “Regardless of experience level, Gaia AI Factory will provide the tools needed to turn ideas into effective solutions.”
Innovation Ecosystem and the Future of AI in Poland
The Gaia AI Factory will collaborate closely with the PIAST AI Factory in Poznań and LUMI AI Factory in Finland, forming an integrated, distributed ecosystem for AI development in Poland and across Europe. Direct access to these three AI Factories will accelerate AI adoption, foster digital innovation, and strengthen Poland’s position as a key player in the European AI landscape.
The initiative supports the objectives of Digital Europe, Horizon Europe, and the AI Continent Action Plan, reinforcing Europe’s capacity to develop trusted, competitive, and sovereign AI technologies.
The Gaia AI Factory will serve as an acceleration and testing environment for future AI development projects, including AI Gigafactories. It will prepare the groundwork for large-scale hardware demands and the creation and evaluation of new models and applications that can later be scaled to broader environments. Gaia also offers an opportunity to verify knowledge transfer, nurture talent, and build connections across the innovation ecosystem, all essential for industrial-scale AI Gigafactories.
By strengthening Poland’s position in the European AI ecosystem, Gaia AI Factory lays the foundation for future initiatives — enabling scalable computing, the development of advanced language models, and the creation of next-generation AI applications.
Additional information:
Official EuroHPC JU announcement on the selection of new AI Factory locations in Europe [here].
Gaia AI Factory Consortium
