State Data Center in Kragujevac to Get Supercomputer – Center of Infrastructure for Artificial Intelligence in Serbia

A supercomputer will soon be delivered to the State Data Center in Kragujevac, said the prime minister of Serbia, Ana Brnabic, and emphasized that this would make the city the center of infrastructure for artificial intelligence in Serbia.

Let us remind that the tender for the procurement of a superfast computer opened in May 2021. The total value of the procurement is RSD 197,975,000 without the VAT, and the agreement was signed with Atos IT Solutions and Services doo Beograd, that is, with Bull SAS from France.

– The supercomputer has arrived to the border, but it will take around a month to deliver it and install it in the State Data Center – she said and estimated that it was important for Kragujevac and Serbia and for the young people and development of institutes and science-technology parks in the country.

She pointed out that the supercomputer would be put into operation by the end of November of the beginning of December and announced that, by the end of the first quarter of 2022, the second phase of the State Data Center would be completed as well, according to the website of the Government of Serbia.

– Since this is the first State Data Center in Serbia and the only one in this part of Europe, we are now preparing a study on how to use the heat that is generated by the operation of all the servers for heating in Kragujevac – the prime minister said and expressed her belief that it would be one of the most innovative projects in this part of Europe.

Vlada Republike Srbije

Eviden doo Beograd

State Data Center Kragujevac

Bull SAS

Ana Brnabić

supercomputer

artificial intelligence