Schwarz Digits and Bull sign preliminary pact for European AI computing services

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Bull and Schwarz Digits signed a preliminary agreement to jointly offer AI computing services via STACKIT under European jurisdiction, with Bull handling manufacturing.
The collaboration includes joint server design, integration of Bull's software for AI applications, and potential future expansion to SAP business software; financial terms remain undisclosed.
Bull doubled supercomputer production capacity in October, while Schwarz leads a C$7 billion, $5 billion funding round for Cohere, supporting European AI expansion through key acquisitions.

Partnership sets out European AI infrastructure plan

As reported by Reuters, Bull and Schwarz Digits signed a preliminary agreement on Tuesday to jointly develop AI computing services for customers seeking infrastructure governed entirely by European jurisdiction. The service is set to be offered by Schwarz Digits through its STACKIT business, which rents out computing power and data storage over the internet, while Bull is due to handle manufacturing.

The companies also plan to design together the servers that will fill the data centres. They said users of STACKIT, including companies and public bodies, will be able to use Bull's software to build and run AI applications directly on the service.

The partnership could eventually extend to offering business software from Germany's SAP. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Expansion adds to wider European AI push

The tie-up brings together two groups that are already increasing their commitments to AI infrastructure and software in Europe. Bull, the state-owned French maker of Europe's fastest supercomputers, doubled production capacity in October at the only plant in Europe dedicated to building supercomputers.

Schwarz is also deepening its AI investment strategy beyond cloud services. The group is leading a C$7 billion, $5 billion, funding round for Canadian AI lab Cohere, which is expanding in Europe through the acquisitions of German AI startup Aleph Alpha and Czech-based cybersecurity firm Aisle.

Our earlier article on Cohere’s planned acquisition of AI cybersecurity startup AISLE explained how the deal would add software vulnerability detection to Cohere’s growing AI group alongside its merger with Germany’s Aleph Alpha. We noted that the move would deepen Cohere’s presence in Europe via AISLE’s Prague engineering hub and strengthen security and threat-detection capabilities for enterprise and public-sector clients.

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