EuroHPC AI Factories — Playground Access
EuroHPC Joint Undertaking · EU supercomputer access
VariesFree entry-level GPU allocation on an EU AI Factory supercomputer for 1–3 months
Free, fast access for European AI startups and SMEs new to HPC to test AI workloads on EuroHPC AI Factory systems, with expert support from the hosting AI Factory.
Key terms
- Aimed at industry users incl. European SMEs and startups; academia uses a separate access mode
- One system per request; some partitions limited by demand
- Access within ~2 working days, first-come first-served
- Eligibility per Terms of Reference and EuroHPC Access Policy
Eligibility
- Where
- EU
- Stages
- idea, pre-seed, seed, series-a, growth
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- Yes
- AI focus required
- Yes
- Students / researchers
- Not eligible
- Nonprofits
- Not eligible
Also required
- Also open in EuroHPC participating states per Terms of Reference
- Free for innovation purposes
How to apply
Submit a short application from the templates via the EuroHPC access portal.
- Benefit
- in-kind
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- ~2 working days
- Credit validity
- 1–3 months
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-22 · source