Gefion – Denmark’s Gigafactory

About this episode

The episode discusses Denmark's Gefion AI supercomputer and its impact on research and innovation.

Host Marta Schulze from EuroCC Denmark speaks with Ulrik de Lichtenberg , Director of Scientific Projects at the DCAI , the Danish Centre for AI Innovation, about his path into large‑scale AI infrastructure and the vision behind the Gefion AI supercomputer. The episode touches on what makes Gefion unique, why it has quickly become known as “Denmark’s powerhouse designed to accelerate research, innovation, and the responsible development of AI technologies, how DCAI builds bridges between academia, industry, and the public sector, and where future collaborations with EuroCC or EuroHPC might emerge. Interview/Recording: Marta Schulze Editing/Mixing: Apostolos Vasileiadis Technical support: Thorkild Jensen & Emil Jørgensen Njor

People in this episode

Host: Marta Schulze

Guest: Ulrik de Lichtenberg

Topics covered

• AI infrastructure
• supercomputing
• research innovation
• collaboration
• Danish Centre for AI Innovation

Keywords

• Gefion
• AI supercomputer
• DCAI
• Denmark
• research
• innovation
• collaboration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DCAI, EuroCC, EuroHPC

Places: Denmark

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