A wind farm could be built to power the UK’s fastest supercomputer, located close to Bristol, in the west of England.

According to reporting from BristolWorld, the Bristol Energy Network has proposed the construction of two wind turbines adjacent to the Bristol and Bath Science Park, which houses the Isambard-AI supercomputer.

The project is expected to comprise two turbines, each with a capacity of 4.26MW. The project will be constructed with funding support from the West of England Combined Authority.

The South Gloucestershire Council’s cabinet is expected to approve the plans on July 14, with the power likely to be delivered to the Isambard AI facility via a “private wire,” circumventing the need to acquire a grid connection, which could take up to ten years.

“Recognising the widespread challenges of achieving a grid connection, for the energy produced by wind turbines at Leigh Farm, an off-taker for a private wire is being evaluated for delivering power to the Bristol and Bath Science Park with a proposal to supply the Isambard AI facility. This private wire option is likely to be required given grid connection timescales,” a council report on the proposal noted.

DCD has reached out to the Bristol Energy Network for further information.

The Isambard-AI supercomputer is housed at the University of Bristol’s National Composites Center inside the aforementioned Bristol & Bath Science Park. It was brought online last May.

The facility, which cost an estimated £225 million ($273m) to build, placed second on the Green500, a list that ranks supercomputers in terms of energy efficiency, with a rating of 68.8 gigaflops per watt.

The supercomputer will eventually connect with the Dawn supercomputer cluster at the University of Cambridge.