• The consortium formed by the operator and Fsas Technologies will lead the supply, deployment, and integration of the facilities, enabling startups and scaleups to test and develop their Artificial Intelligence projects.
  
  
• The initiative will ensure that, through the BSC and via a competitive access model, European SMEs have access to the computing capacity required to accelerate AI adoption and compete on equal footing with companies from other continents.
  
  
• The expansion of MareNostrum 5 will support the AI Factories currently being promoted across Europe, with the aim of safeguarding the continent’s technological independence in the field of Artificial Intelligence.

Fsas Technologies and Telefónica have been selected by EuroHPC JU to supply, deploy, and integrate the expansion of the MareNostrum 5 supercomputer, located at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS), a strategic infrastructure aimed at strengthening the European Artificial Intelligence (AI) ecosystem.

The new infrastructure will expand the services of the BSC’s current supercomputer and has been designed to enable European startups and scaleups to train their AI projects through a competitive selection process, given the particularly high computing demands required during testing and development phases.

Fsas Technologies and Telefónica will integrate the end-to-end solution and provide support and operational services throughout the entire project lifecycle, through July 2029. The technological proposal incorporates cutting-edge technology, along with advanced network architectures, security solutions, and management tools to ensure the efficient, scalable, and secure use of the platform, including remote access beyond the BSC facilities.

Through this project, Fsas Technologies and Telefónica further strengthen their position as leading strategic partners in the deployment of advanced Artificial Intelligence infrastructures in Europe, combining connectivity, computing, and critical platform operations capabilities. The initiative reinforces both companies’ roles as key enablers of a competitive European AI ecosystem aligned with the European Union’s technological sovereignty principles.