Private AI for Welsh business & frontier research.
A shared enterprise AI infrastructure project at Bangor University delivering 768 GB VRAM Blackwell compute for SME productivity, open-weight model fine-tuning, autonomous agents, and academic research collaborations across Wales and beyond.
Empowering Welsh industry and frontier AI research
Whether you are an SME modernising your operational workflows or a university researcher fine-tuning models and building autonomous agents, the platform provides private, high-performance compute.
Business AI Adoption
Access Wales-hosted open-weight models, secure isolated workspaces, and rotating edge AI systems to automate workflows, streamline documentation, and build intelligence without per-token charges.
- Zero per-token costs during pilot
- Company data never leaves Wales
- Dedicated academic mentor from Bangor University
Academic & Grant Partnerships
Leverage 768 GB ECC VRAM on 8× NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs to fine-tune 70B+ parameter models, benchmark autonomous agent systems, and partner on UKRI / EPSRC grant proposals.
- LoRA, QLoRA & full fine-tuning for domain LLMs
- Autonomous agent evaluation & sandboxed execution
- Joint UKRI, EPSRC & Horizon Europe bidding
A shared AI facility for North Wales, based at Bangor University
Until now, no shared AI development facility has existed in North Wales — the national Supercomputing resources sit in South Wales and businesses cannot use them directly. This project changes that.
Backed by Welsh Government funding through the SMART Flexible Innovation Support – Capital Equipment Fund, Bangor University is deploying an enterprise AI platform and four portable edge AI systems. Welsh businesses and university researchers can run real AI projects on them — privately, locally and affordably.
Enterprise AI capability, without the enterprise price tag
Most small businesses face a choice between expensive overseas cloud AI — with per-token charges and data leaving the building — and doing nothing. This project offers a third way.
Data privacy by design
Work with confidential documents, patient-adjacent data, designs or client files in an isolated Wales-hosted workspace — protected by project controls, not just promises.
No per-token surprises
Access leading open-weight models — such as Qwen, GLM and DeepSeek — through a standard API with no commercial per-token charges during the pilot, subject to fair-use capacity.
It plugs into what you use
An OpenAI-compatible interface means the coding tools, agents and workflows your team already knows can connect to Wales-hosted models with a change of settings, not a rewrite.
Support that comes with it
Each project gets a Bangor academic lead and, where useful, final-year and master's student teams — plus training and technical support from university staff.
Try it on your own site
Four NVIDIA DGX Spark edge AI systems rotate to approved partner sites — test local, offline AI where latency, privacy or connectivity demand it.
Skills and spend stay in Wales
Local hosting keeps data, AI expenditure and expertise in Wales — and your project can become a published, anonymised case study that attracts further collaboration.
Real projects, measurable impact
Eleven committed partner projects span healthcare, the environment, software, construction, translation, professional services, education and more. Here is a taste.
Better epilepsy pathways
Targeting ~30% fewer low-value EEG recordings, freeing specialist time without compromising safety.
Faster pollution response
Halving staff time per suspected pollution event with AI pre-assessment in minutes, not days.
Half the time per case
From architecture reports to insurance advice — drafting and review targets of 50% time savings.
Your data takes a very different journey
With public cloud AI, every prompt typically travels to overseas provider servers, is governed by their terms and pricing, and may be retained under their policies. With the platform, it stays in Wales, inside controls you agree to.
Four steps from conversation to working AI project
01 · Tell us your challenge
Describe a task with a measurable productivity outcome — time, cost, throughput or quality.
02 · Scoping & fit
We assess readiness, technical fit and capacity, and agree data, IP and equipment terms.
03 · Build & trial
Work in a secure Bangor-hosted workspace — with an edge AI unit for on-site trials where useful.
04 · Measure & share
Quantify the gain together. With your permission, an anonymised case study inspires others.
Bring AI to your business — privately, locally, affordably
New SMEs are welcome to express interest in joining the project, subject to eligibility and participation arrangements. The first step is a conversation.