“Building on the success of the supercomputing centres in Edinburgh and Bristol, I will invest a further £500 million over the next two years to fund further innovation centres to help make us an AI powerhouse.”

Jeremy HuntPolicymaker

Chancellor of the Exchequer

In August 2024 the incoming Labour government shelved the £500 million of additional AI Research Resource compute funding (along with £800 million for the Edinburgh exascale machine) as 'unfunded', so the promised money was never invested within the two-year window; only the pre-existing £300 million AIRR allocation continued.