{"slug": "re-nationalised-bull-wins-450m-eu-supercomputing-contract", "title": "Re-nationalised Bull wins $450m EU supercomputing contract", "summary": "France's state-owned computing company Bull has won a €388 million ($450 million) contract from the European Union to build the LUMI-AI supercomputer in Finland, its largest project since being bought from Atos Group. The system, to be deployed for the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking and LUMI AI Factory consortium, will be hosted in Kajaani, Finland, and is part of the EU's sixth AI Factory contract, according to EuroHPC Executive Director Anders Jensen.", "body_md": "[supercomputer](/tag/supercomputer/)\n\nFrance’s state-owned computing company Bull has won a contract with the European Union to build its next supercomputer, the €388 million ($450 million) LUMI-AI system in Finland.\n\nThe company will build the system for the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking and LUMI AI Factory consortium after a [ 15-month bidding process](https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/eurohpc-ju-signs-contract-deploy-lumi-ai-supercomputer-2026-08-31_en?ref=thestack.technology), marking its largest project since it was bought from the struggling Atos Group.\n\nEuroHPC Executive Director Anders Jensen said the deal was the organisation’s sixth AI Factory contract: “Together, these systems will form a powerful European AI infrastructure ecosystem, enabling SMEs and startups to access world-class supercomputing resources.”\n\nLUMI-AI will be built at a data centre owned by the CSC - IT Centre for Science in Kajaani, Finland, and hosted by the consortium, made up of Finland, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Norway and Poland.\n\n**Bull and LUMI**\n\n## Get the full story: Subscribe for free\n\nJoin peers managing over $100 billion in annual IT spend and subscribe to unlock full access to The Stack’s analysis and events.\n\n[Subscribe now](https://www.thestack.technology/membership/)\n\nAlready a member? [Sign in](https://www.thestack.technology/signin/)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/re-nationalised-bull-wins-450m-eu-supercomputing-contract", "canonical_source": "https://www.thestack.technology/bull-eu-supercomputing/", "published_at": "2026-08-31 13:38:58+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-31 13:55:13.412145+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Bull", "European Union", "EuroHPC Joint Undertaking", "LUMI AI Factory", "Atos Group", "Anders Jensen", "CSC - IT Centre for Science"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/re-nationalised-bull-wins-450m-eu-supercomputing-contract", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/re-nationalised-bull-wins-450m-eu-supercomputing-contract.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/re-nationalised-bull-wins-450m-eu-supercomputing-contract.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/re-nationalised-bull-wins-450m-eu-supercomputing-contract.jsonld"}}