10月13日：这家法国云服务提供商Scaleway于周二在巴黎举行的年度AI大会上宣布，将在瑞典建造一台AI超级计算机，这将是其设在法国境外的首台此类设备。该计算机将采用AMD生产的AI芯片。
Oct 13 : Scaleway will build an AI supercomputer in Sweden, its first outside France, running on AI chips from AMD, the French cloud company said on Tuesday during its annual AI conference in Paris.
Scaleway称，这台超级计算机将成为欧洲首台面向商业用途且基于AMD技术的AI超级计算机，面向全欧洲的初创企业、AI公司及各类商业机构开放。系统将搭载AMD Instinct MI355X芯片，这是AMD为应对英伟达Blackwell系列芯片而推出的产品，后者目前是全球绝大多数AI运算的核心硬件。
Scaleway said the machine would be the first AMD-based AI supercomputer for commercial use in Europe, open to startups, AI companies and businesses across the continent. The system will run on AMD Instinct MI355X, the chipmaker's answer to Nvidia's Blackwell line which powers most AI computing globally.
事实上，AMD芯片早已被用于欧洲的各类科研超级计算机，比如芬兰的LUMI超级计算机。包括甲骨文和Vultr在内的多家美国云服务商也向欧洲客户提供AMD芯片。
AMD chips already power supercomputers used for European research, including LUMI in Finland. US cloud firms including Oracle and Vultr also rent AMD chips to European customers.
AMD欧洲、中东及非洲地区高级副总裁斯蒂芬妮·迪斯莫尔表示：“通过推出AMD Instinct GPU以及我们开放的ROCm软件生态，Scaleway正为全欧洲的客户提供更多AI基础设施选择。”
"Scaleway is expanding the choice of AI infrastructure available to customers across Europe, through AMD Instinct GPUs and our open ROCm software ecosystem," said Stephanie Dismore, AMD's senior vice president for EMEA.
AI开发者开发程序时需要依托特定的软件生态。AMD的ROCm属于开源软件，可兼容目前广泛使用的各类AI编程工具，这些工具同样能适配英伟达芯片；而英伟达的同类产品CUDA属于专有软件，仅能在英伟达芯片上运行，会限制开发出的应用对硬件的适配范围。
AI developers use specific software ecosystems to code. AMD's ROCm is open-source and runs the widely used AI programming tools that also work on Nvidia chips, while rival Nvidia's equivalent, CUDA, is proprietary and runs only on Nvidia chips, locking developed applications to the hardware.
Scaleway选择瑞典作为建设地，是因为该国拥有大量低碳电力资源，且AI产业发展势头良好。今年5月，Scaleway正式进入瑞典市场，与电信运营商Tele2签署了在当地提供云服务和AI服务的合作协议。
Scaleway said it picked Sweden as a location due to its largely low-carbon electricity and its AI sector. It entered the Swedish market in May, when it signed a deal with telecom operator Tele2 to sell its cloud and AI services there.
Tele2的企业业务负责人斯特凡·特拉姆普斯指出，这台超级计算机的落地“充分彰显了瑞典对AI基础设施建设的强大吸引力”。
Tele2's business-to-business head Stefan Trampus said the supercomputer "sends a clear signal" on Sweden's attractiveness for AI infrastructure.
该超级计算机将由法国企业Bull负责组装与运维，服务器由Giga Computing提供，网络设备来自HPE，存储系统由VAST Data打造，冷却液则由Motul供应。
The machine will be assembled and maintained by French firm Bull, with servers from Giga Computing, networking from HPE, storage from VAST Data and cooling liquid from Motul.