{"slug": "fbi-plans-to-expand-its-ai-infrastructure", "title": "FBI plans to expand its AI infrastructure", "summary": "The FBI plans to expand its AI infrastructure through a multiple-award IDIQ contract with a collective ceiling of $88 million, adding high-performance compute servers, rack-scale AI computing systems, and AI inference servers, according to procurement documents. The bureau also seeks to deploy Google's Gemini on-premises with a capacity-based licensing model, and its chief AI officer, Katie Noyes, said the current price point is \"a little steep.\" The contract is set to begin Sept. 1, with proposals due next week.", "body_md": "# FBI plans to expand its AI infrastructure\n\nThe FBI wants to expand its AI capacity by adding servers, equipment and other hardware, [procurement documents show](https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/109ec3a6d9834b34a8fb06da826f13f1/view).\n\nThe new AI infrastructure will come by way of a multiple-award IDIQ contract with a collective ceiling of $88 million. The investment will go toward four high-performance compute servers, three rack-scale AI computing systems, one pod scale server and 10 AI inference server systems, among other equipment.\n\nThe bureau is also looking to bring Google’s Gemini on-premises with a licensing model that focuses on allocated capacity, rather than a per-seat or per-model framework. It would open the door for the FBI to shift capacity between model types without extra charges.\n\nAI’s cost is top of mind for technology leaders across the government with [the looming expiration date](https://fedscoop.com/onegov-ai-deals-expiring-whats-next/) of the General Services Administration’s [OneGov](https://fedscoop.com/tag/onegov/) deals that put the technology at the fingertips of millions of federal workers for mere pennies.\n\nGovernment technology leaders also have their eyes on more nascent tech, [like agentic AI](https://fedscoop.com/ice-agentic-ai-strategy-palantir-fbi/), that can carry a hefty price tag — and might only get more difficult to manage. AI inference costs per agentic workflow are predicted to increase more than fivefold through the next two years, [according to research](https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-08-17-gartner-predicts-ai-inference-costs-per-agentic-workflow-will-increase-more-than-fivefold-through-2028?_sp=3f1d01f8-24ad-4621-8122-ddec7e50ee1d.1787062890067&_its=eF5lj02OwyAMhe_CetIAIfzkBl100wtEYBMVKQ0Vocmias4-bpczuye_z8_PL7YlZAOzITqtPTbOBNMob0LjpMRm4tBNzkjUkrMftlZfI-Flrocw1nAtreuO2S94yFFopfVY4jQKy3treiVBg-xVZ2NAO8kA0FvAoCnK11pSeNaUFza8GOa7T6TYvu8nSBnTFk-Q70RSYCwlFjJvtT7WoW3_QC1RcPPLEuczffPtQWULXDJ-6m4Uwb6DK4n_N97kpRo_u4qLTrx_AQ9yVug) by IT consulting firm Gartner.\n\n“Each successive generation of AI capability will necessitate more, and often more expensive, tokens,” Will Sommer, senior director analyst at Garner, said in a statement. “There is no reliable, economical one-size-fits-all model on the horizon.”\n\nThe FBI’s top AI official has said cost is a factor in how the bureau decides to build out its AI access points.\n\n“If I’m being candid, the price point for us right now in the FBI, it’s a little steep,” Katie Noyes, chief AI officer at the FBI, said [during an event](https://fedscoop.com/fbi-ai-use-case-disclosure-caio-katie-noyes/) last week.\n\nThe Department of Justice unit is no stranger to AI, with over 100 approved use cases as of this month. Its pace of adoption has been significant, more than doubling the tally from 2024 to 2025 and again this year.\n\nWith a capacity expansion on the way, the FBI doesn’t appear to be slowing its momentum.\n\nThe DOJ component is on the hunt for the right partners as the clock ticks for its multiple-award IDIQ contract that is set to begin Sept. 1.\n\nThe FBI anticipates making two to four IDIQ contract awards, but it said it “reserves the right to make a greater or fewer number” based on its analysis of the forthcoming proposals. Each contract will carry a minimum price tag of $2,000.\n\nThe bureau is accepting proposals from industry players until next week.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/fbi-plans-to-expand-its-ai-infrastructure", "canonical_source": "https://fedscoop.com/fbi-artificial-intelligence-infrastructure-expansion/", "published_at": "2026-08-18 15:25:47+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-18 15:43:11.085264+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "ai-policy", "ai-products"], "entities": ["FBI", "Google", "Gemini", "General Services Administration", "OneGov", "Gartner", "Will Sommer", "Katie Noyes"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/fbi-plans-to-expand-its-ai-infrastructure", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/fbi-plans-to-expand-its-ai-infrastructure.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/fbi-plans-to-expand-its-ai-infrastructure.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/fbi-plans-to-expand-its-ai-infrastructure.jsonld"}}