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UK Compute Roadmap Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technologyby July2025 This publication is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 exceptwhere otherwise stated. To view this licence, visitnationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3. Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtainpermission from the copyright holders concerned. This publication is available atwww.gov.uk/official-documents. Any enquiries regarding this publication should be sent to us atcompute@dsit.gov.uk ISBN978-1-5286-5894-2 E0340053307/25 Printed on paper containing 40% recycled fibre content minimum Printed in the UK by HH Associates Ltd. on behalf of the Controller of His Majesty’s StationeryOffice Contents Contents__________________________________________________________________3 Foreword by the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology_____________4Executive Summary_________________________________________________________5 1.Introduction____________________________________________________________7 1.1 A global race__________________________________________________________71.2 Ensuring the UK is a leader, not a laggard___________________________________8 2.Building a modern public compute ecosystem_________________________________9 2.1 Our starting position: a fragmented system in need of direction and rejuvenation_____9 2.2 The vision: building a platform for science, innovation and discovery______________9 3.Putting compute to work–powering innovation across the public and private sector___173.1 The case for change–moving to a more strategic and outcomes focused approach_17 3.2 Allocation priorities____________________________________________________18 4.Building AI infrastructure to keep the UK at the cutting edge of AI development______20 4.1 Global and technological context_________________________________________204.2 Our approach–moving now to build future proofed capacity____________________20 5.Creating sovereign, secure and sustainable capability__________________________245.1 Our approach to sovereignty–pragmatic, balanced and strategic________________245.2 From prototype to deployment–a pull through mechanism for UK suppliers________25 6.Conclusion and next steps_______________________________________________28 7.Compute Roadmap–at a glance__________________________________________29 Foreword by theSecretary of State for Artificial intelligence is reshaping the world around us–transforming the way weinnovate,work, and solve some of the greatest challenges of our time. From accelerating the But realising that potential depends on the infrastructure we build to support it. Compute–theprocessing power behind every AI breakthrough–isnot simply a technical resource. It is acritical enabler of scientific excellence, industrial competitiveness, and sovereign capability. This roadmap sets out how the UK will rise to that challenge. It is a bold, long-term plan totransform our national compute ecosystem–upgrading public research capacityfor AI andwider science, unlocking new investment through AI Growth Zonesand ensuring that the UK is It also plays a key role inenablingthegovernment’s broader plan for change–drivinginnovation, growth and opportunityacross theeconomy.Byprovidingthe foundations for AIadoption across science, the NHS, education, defence, and more, this roadmap supports our We are already taking action. With up to£2 billion of investmentover the coming years, we arebuilding momentum–from launching the AI Research Resource torevitalising communitiesacross the UK through new AI Growth Zones. We will act with pace and purpose–but also This plan will putcompute to work for Britain–enabling the science, services, and industriesthat will define our futureandsecurethe UK’s leadership in the age of AI. The Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Executive Summary The UK’sAI Opportunities Action Planpresented a clear statement of intent to lead in the ageof AI. Since it was published, there have been significant geopolitical, economic and Central to this is the need for computing infrastructurethat is fit for purpose,not just for today’sneeds, but for the scale, speed andopportunities of the AI-enabled economy of the future. This Our vision is to build aworld-classcompute ecosystemthatprovides a platform for innovation,growth and opportunity across the economy. It will beoutcomes-drivenwith compute directedtoward our highest priorities and most transformative opportunities. Our compute ecosystemwill support a broad range of users, at the frontier of AI research as well as those adopting AI The government has committed up to £2 billion between now and 2030 to build a modernpublic compute ecosystem, building on the delivery of two new AI supercomputers that formthe first phase of the AI Research Resource. We have