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United Kingdom Isambard AI allocation

programme budget · Sovereign

GBP 0.225bn1

Reported. Announcement November 2023. Bristol Isambard-AI allocation within the initial AIRR envelope. Budget announcement, not audited actual expenditure. Original disclosure.

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Disclosure dated 2023-11-01

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What this value measures

Public AI supercomputer budget component. Bristol Isambard-AI allocation within the initial AIRR envelope. Budget announcement, not audited actual expenditure. Source definition.

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The reading

Amounts in source currency, billions
Company / programme Reporting entity, programme owner or contract seller. Editorial grouping follows the named source.
United Kingdom 1
Sector Editorial sector classification based on the disclosed business or programme.
Sovereign 1
Value type Capex is reported expenditure; commitment is a purchase agreement or announced investment; guidance is a forecast; programme budget is a policy envelope. Types are never summed.
programme budget 1
Amount bn Monetary amount in billions of the stated currency. The qualifier identifies ceilings, floors and approximations. Null means no exact monetary value disclosed.
0.225 1
Currency Source currency, retained without FX conversion. Applies only to monetary amounts; compare within a single currency.
GBP 1
Qualification Reported, approximate, range, upper/lower bound or plan status, as stated in the source.
Reported 1
Period / horizon Original fiscal period or announced multi-year horizon. Annual totals overlap quarters; future horizons do not imply actual spend.
Announcement November 2023 1
Disclosure date Date of the cited disclosure or its stated update. Null where a precise date was not verified. Access date is separately recorded.
2023-11-01 1
Measurement basis Accounting or contractual definition. Customer lease revenue is a commitment by the customer, not vendor capex; investment plans are prospective.
Public AI supercomputer budget component 1

Sources

  1. United Kingdom — Isambard AI allocation accessed 2026-11-11

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AI Capex Tracker, “United Kingdom Isambard AI allocation”, https://aicapextracker.com/united-kingdom-isambard-ai-allocation/ (verified 2026-11-11).

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