Three EC- and EuroHPC-backed initiatives began operating in Iceland in 2026, giving the IHPC community a new platform to deliver HPC, quantum-computing and AI support at scale.
AIFA-ICE, branded Glod, focuses on HPC/AI services and training for pre-competitive R&D, while EDIH-IS 2.0, or Kveikja, adds access-to-finance support and links users to Europe’s wider digital innovation hub network.
EuroCC3 complements those AI-heavy programs with more traditional physics-based HPC methods, algorithms and numerical modeling, broadening the service mix for Icelandic users.
The rollout builds on a decade of EU-backed capacity building that helped Icelandic researchers and companies tap European supercomputing resources and deepen ties with industry, startups and public bodies.
15 simulation and data labs now anchor that ecosystem across fields from language models and medicine to weather, seismology and remote sensing, positioning Iceland to widen Nordic and European collaboration.
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