UK Compute Roadmap Builds World-Class AI Ecosystem

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UK Compute Roadmap

Our plan to build a world-class compute ecosystem that provides a platform for innovation, growth and opportunity across the economy.

From: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and UK Research and Innovation Published 17 July 2025 Last updated 19 March 2026
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UK Compute Roadmap

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Compute Evidence Annex (replaced 19 March 2026)

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Compute Evidence Annex replaced (19 March update)

The Compute Evidence Annex (published on 17 July 2025) has been replaced.

The original content referring to DSIT’s environmental impacts model has been temporarily removed. We keep analysis under routine review, and are updating this modelling to ensure it reflects the most up to date assumptions and analysis. This section will be updated by summer 2026.

Content removed from the following places in the original document:

• bullet point 6, end of page 3 into page 4
• End of page 15
• Top of page 16 The UK Compute Roadmap will build a world-class compute ecosystem that provides a platform for innovation, growth and opportunity across the economy.

Our compute ecosystem will support a broad range of users, at the frontier of AI research as well as those adopting AI into their daily workflows. It will have a diverse and resilient mix of compute infrastructure services – spanning public and private systems, AI training as well as inference, national platforms and regional innovation hubs. Crucially, it will be dynamic and adaptable, evolving to support the technologies of tomorrow.

We are delivering a 10-point plan that sets out our ambition and provides clarity and certainty to researchers, industry and investors alike.

Published 17 July 2025 Last updated 19 March 2026 show all updates
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19 March 2026

Compute Evidence Annex (published on 17 July 2025) replaced. The original content referring to DSIT’s environmental impacts model has been temporarily removed. We keep analysis under routine review, and are updating this modelling to ensure it reflects the most up to date assumptions and analysis. This section will be updated by summer 2026.
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17 July 2025

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