HammerHAI · HYBRID AND ADVANCED MACHINE LEARNING PLATFORM FOR MANUFACTURING, ENGINEERING, AND RESEARCH @ HLRS

The HammerHAI project offers to establish an AI Factory at the High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (USTUTT/HLRS), which is supported by a strong consortium from Germany, to successfully meet the growing demand for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure across Europe. HammerHAI will be a one-stop shop for many AI users, focusing primarily on start-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), large industrial companies, and supporting academic institutions and the public sector. It will offer tailored services and infrastructure to accelerate AI innovation and help develop a competitive AI ecosystem in Europe. The AI Factory will be located in a region that is one of Europe’s powerhouses in manufacturing and engineering innovation, and it will be integrated into an ecosystem that promotes talent building that will be the basis of an ongoing digital transition. The AI Factory HammerHAI will provide secure, scalable, and AI-optimised supercomputing resources to meet the needs of start-ups, SMEs, industry, and research institutions. Its infrastructure will enable users to easily migrate their AI applications from laptops or cloud environments to supercomputers, providing the computing power needed to develop large-scale AI models. Hereby, the AI Factory will support the entire AI lifecycle, from data preparation to model training, deployment, monitoring, and retraining, and will provide a comprehensive package of services to ensure efficient and effective AI development and operation. HammerHAI will meet Europe's growing demand for sovereign AI products by providing scalable, secure, and AI-optimised supercomputing infrastructure integrated into an existing research, education, and innovation ecosystem. HammerHAI will fast-track start-ups, professionals, SMEs, industries, and research to realise the full potential of AI.