Gov. Hochul launches first phase of Empire AI in Buffalo [Video]

Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) – “We don’t just do any supercomputer here in Buffalo. It’s the next generation of supercomputer, the most cutting edge technology that exists anywhere out there.”

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was in Buffalo on Friday to announce the state’s first-in-the-nation Empire AI Consortium will commence research this fall, just six months after it was included as part of the FY25 Enacted Budget.

Housed at the University at Buffalo, this initial phase of Empire AI represents some of the most robust computing power in the nation. On behalf of the Consortium, the University at Buffalo has also launched a request for proposals to advance the permanent home of the full-scale state-of-the-art artificial intelligence computing center.

“What we’re doing with Empire AI is unprecedented. Some of these supercomputers already exist in the United States, I didn’t say we’re the first in the country, but those are in the hands of private companies. …