What will the Brazilian AI supercomputer look like with an investment of R$1 billion

Lula speaks during the announcement of a supercomputer in RN Brazil is expected to have a new supercomputer in operation from 2027. The project announced last Thursday (20) is part of a plan focused on artificial intelligence and foresees an investment of R$1.06 billion. The machine will be purchased through a public notice and will be installed in the Augusto Severo Scientific and Technological Park, in Macaíba (RN). Among other functions, it will be used to create and train AI models. ?? Do you have any reporting suggestions? Send to g1 The government also presented a project to install another supercomputer in Rio de Janeiro, in addition to plans to create a Brazilian cloud storage service and expand local chip manufacturing. (learn more below) The initiatives are part of the Brazilian Artificial Intelligence Plan (PBIA), launched in 2024 and with a forecast of R$ 23 billion in investments in the area by 2028. Meta data center in Indiana, in the United States Disclosure/Meta According to the government, the installation of new supercomputers should expand the country's data processing capacity and stimulate advances in areas such as agriculture, industry, health and climate disaster prevention. The structure will be aimed at companies, universities, research institutions and public bodies. The expectation is that it will help reduce dependence on foreign data processing companies. Supercomputer in Rio Grande do Norte The supercomputer that will be installed in Rio Grande do Norte will have a capacity of 7,200 petaflops. ? Flop is the unit used to measure how many simple mathematical operations a computer can perform per second. The announced capacity indicates that the future equipment will be capable of carrying out, in one second, the same number of calculations that would take the Earth's 8 billion inhabitants together around 29 years to complete. According to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, the machine will be among the ten most powerful in the world for artificial intelligence processing. It will be installed in the scientific and technological park located at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). According to the government, the state was chosen because of its energy potential and the opportunity to decentralize the country's high-tech infrastructure. Rio de Janeiro supercomputer The second supercomputer will be installed in Rio de Janeiro, through a partnership between the National Education and Research Network (RNP) and Chinese technology companies Huawei and iFlyTek. The structure is expected to begin operations in July 2027 and receive an investment of R$1.276 billion over five years, according to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. According to the folder, the equipment will be used to create a Brazilian language model similar to those used by services such as ChatGPT, in an attempt to allow the creation of AI solutions more suitable for the country. Brazilian Cloud The government also announced the start of structuring the Brazilian Cloud, a cloud data storage and processing service controlled by the country and aimed at reducing dependence on foreign providers. The proposal is to create a solution with open and interoperable standards so as not to focus on just one company or technology. According to the government, it will be developed in partnership with the public and private sectors. The Brazilian Cloud will be structured based on an agreement between the Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services with Serpro and BNDES. The market will be able to give its opinion on the national capacity to implement the solution and the model to be followed. Santos Dumont supercomputer, in Petrópolis (RJ) Santos Dumont / LNCC Disclosure National chip production Another front is an initiative to expand Brazil's capacity to produce artificial intelligence chips. According to the government, this is a long-term strategy, with a horizon of 10 to 15 years. To reduce dependence on technologies controlled by a few companies or countries, the initiative will be based on the RISC-V architecture, which defines basic rules for how chips work. Because it is open source, RISC-V allows companies and institutions to develop chips without depending on technology controlled by a single company. The initiative will be conducted in cooperation with the innovation ecosystem in Barcelona, ??Spain. Brazil will have a body to evaluate AIs The federal government also announced the plan to create the National Center for Algorithmic Transparency and Trustworthy AI, an organization aimed at monitoring the functioning of artificial intelligence systems and identifying possible risks. The body will be structured by the Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and will have only technical functions. It will not, for example, be able to apply penalties to AI companies. Among the objectives of the new AI center are the development of research, methodologies and tools aimed at transparency, security and reducing bias in artificial intelligence systems. ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Claude, Mistral AI, Gemini, Copilot and Poe Solen Feyissa/Unsplash