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Lord Vallance of Balham (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 16 January 2025

Debate

Artificial Intelligence Opportunities Action Plan

Contribution

I absolutely assure the noble Lord that he will see growth zones in those areas. They will not be concentrated in the south-east. The reason the first one happened to be in Culham was to do with the immediacy of potential private sector interaction and the power supply. On the compute facility in Edinburgh, ARCHER2, the very important computer there, will be extended to the end of 2026, and we are looking actively at what happens next. I reiterate that that computer is not primarily about AI, although it will have AI capabilities.

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