A new sovereign AI platform has come to the UK.

Dubbed Carbon3.ai, the company has launched a sovereign AI platform that could eventually comprise 100,000 GPUs.

Carbon3.ai is partnering with HPE, Vast Data, and WWT to develop what it calls the “national grid for AI,” aiming to deploy a nationwide mesh of data centers powered by off-grid renewable energy.

The offering is based on HPE Private Cloud AI.

“AI is the biggest opportunity and the toughest challenge facing UK organizations, and capturing this opportunity requires robust and scalable AI infrastructure that enables organizations to stay in control of their data and emissions,” said Matt Harris, SVP & managing director for UK, Ireland, Middle East, and Africa at HPE.

“This new AI solutions platform and the national mesh of AI data centers are putting Carbon3.ai right at the core of the UK’s ambition of becoming an AI maker. By leveraging HPE’s leading, fully integrated AI factory solutions, together we can accelerate the path to market for UK customers with sovereign AI solutions that enable them to realize the full potential of the AI opportunity at any scale.”

Vast Data, meanwhile, is offering the data platform services for management and storage across the AI mesh.

“Vast and Carbon3.ai have come together to pioneer altogether new levels of data infrastructure efficiency and data mobility,” said Jeff Denworth, co-founder of Vast Data.

“The Vast AI Operating System introduces radical levels of infrastructure efficiency, which requires less power from Carbon3.ai’s renewable energy AI Mesh. By using Vast’s data federation capabilities, we can transform the AI Mesh into a secure and unified nationwide data source to feed the United Kingdom’s most ambitious AI efforts.”

The company claims to already be backed by “significant initial UK capital” and has a £1 billion ($1.36bn) growth plan. Details of funding have not been provided.

The GPUs will be deployed at sites as demand increases. The company’s “mesh” is scalable up to more than 100,000 GPUs, and aims to eventually reach more than 30 locations across the UK.