# IT4LIA AI Factory Facility record `fac-it4lia-ai-factory-bologna` — data source: eurohpc-ju-press-2026-04 (https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/eurohpc-ju-signs-contract-boost-ai-capabilities-it4lia-ai-factory-2026-04-22_en); authority tier 1 | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | AI Training | | Status | Announced | | Location | Bologna, IT | | Power capacity | not published MW | | IT load | not published | | GPU count | not published | | Peak PFLOPS (FP16) | not published | | Owner | EuroHPC JU | | Operator | CINECA | | Announced | 2026-04-22 | | Operational | not published | EuroHPC JU procurement contract signed 22 April 2026 (EUR 290,000,000 for acquisition/delivery/installation/maintenance) for a liquid-cooled NVIDIA GB200 NVL4 system (Grace CPU + Blackwell GPU + Quantum-X800 InfiniBand), plus a dedicated inference partition with Axelera AI (European) accelerators and SiPearl (European) CPUs. Primary source states the system "is expected to deliver more than 160 Exaflops of peak AI inference performance" — verbatim, AI-inference precision; NOT a training-FLOPS claim. Hosted and operated by CINECA at the DAMA Tecnopolo of Bologna. Co-funded 50% by EuroHPC JU (via the Digital Europe Programme) and 50% by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR). Part of the EU's AI Factories initiative — distinct from CINECA's pre-existing general-purpose EuroHPC systems at the same Tecnopolo campus (Leonardo, Marconi-100). ## Cite > Scrutica, "IT4LIA AI Factory" (facility record), https://scrutica.com/facilities/fac-it4lia-ai-factory-bologna; data source: eurohpc-ju-press-2026-04; accessed 2026-08-24. Full interactive record: https://scrutica.com/facilities/fac-it4lia-ai-factory-bologna · Methodology for derived values: https://scrutica.com/methodology#flop-estimation · All programmatic surfaces: https://scrutica.com/agents