- The interactive experience ‘Destination Earth 2050: Journey into a Climate Future’ will showcase a journey through the past and future of extreme phenomena that shook the planet and their impact on different sectors, thanks to the climate digital twin developed by BSC.
- The BSC booth at 4YFN will offer sessions and conferences on the impact of supercomputing and AI in areas such as health, sustainability, digital infrastructure, and the public sector.
The participation of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) in this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) will focus on showcasing how artificial intelligence translates into solutions with real impact, thanks to the services offered by the BSC AI Factory. With advanced AI and supercomputing resources and an environment designed to drive innovation, the BSC AI Factory makes it easier for startups, small businesses, and public administrations to explore new opportunities and accelerate digital transformation with an impact across Europe.
At 4 Years From Now (4YFN), the MWC area dedicated to tech startups, BSC will present the catalog of 24 specialized services that BSC AI Factory offers to companies, organized into six strategic pillars: access to advanced supercomputing; data management services; technical consultancy; regulatory compliance in responsible AI; specialized sectoral consultancy in health, climate, and language models; and training and talent development programs.
The BSC AI Factory, one of the first established in Europe, offers comprehensive support ranging from initial maturity assessment to the deployment of scalable solutions. This approach translates scientific excellence into competitiveness, growth, and economic impact, facilitating the adoption of secure, efficient, and trustworthy AI.
Through January 2026, the BSC AI Factory provided 505 services, selected 14 strategic projects, trained 314 participants, and evaluated approximately 92 initiatives within the framework of EuroHPC, the European Union's supercomputing initiative, thereby strengthening the European AI ecosystem. By the end of the project in March 2028, the initiative expects to assist 2,000 public and private clients and offer a total of 3,000 services.
The BSC booth at 4YFN (8.1B55, Hall 8, Fira Gran Via) will host 16 startups collaborating with the BSC AI Factory. These companies will exhibit their innovative solutions in sectors such as healthcare, quantum computing, urban intelligence, sustainability, privacy-preserving AI, and industrial automation. Additionally, on Tuesday, March 3 at 3:00 PM, a session will be held to present the BSC AI Factory service catalog and highlight open opportunities for startups, including access to incubation and acceleration spaces.
Destination Earth 2050: Journey into a Climate Future
The BSC space at 4YFN will host the interactive experience ‘Destination Earth 2050: Journey into a Climate Future’ every day of the event. This experience will offer a journey through the past and future of real climate phenomena using the Earth's digital twin from the European initiative Destination Earth, in which BSC plays a strategic role.
In a context where climate change intensifies risks and generates increasing impacts on health, the economy, and production systems, tools such as the Destination Earth climate digital twin are essential for anticipating scenarios and planning adaptation to the changes we face.
The visualized cases clearly illustrate how climate change not only intensifies extreme weather events but also broadens their scope. One of the examples analyzed is the DANA that shook Valencia in 2024. In this case, we can see that while the storm dynamics would be similar in different climate scenarios, the intensity and affected area would grow significantly (up to 25-30%) in future conditions, covering an even larger part of eastern Spain and affecting areas of Murcia or Andalusia more intensely.
The BSC AI Factory translates this knowledge into applied fields, driving AI services to transform the complexity of climate digital twins into solutions for strategic sectors such as:
- Energy: Implementation of AI for predictive analysis that optimizes energy demand forecasting, reduces operational inefficiencies, and reinforces the stability of national grids.
- Climate: Use of digital twins and high-resolution simulations to improve the design of public policies and strengthen natural disaster prevention systems.
- Agrifood: Integration of high-precision climate predictions into AI solutions to optimize production and decision-making for agrifood companies.
Sessions and Conferences at the Agora
The BSC space at 4YFN will also feature a prominent agenda of presentations on the impact of AI and supercomputing in areas such as health, sustainability, digital infrastructure, and the public sector. The program is complemented by sessions on talent creation, investment strategies, and educational talks.
This article was first published on 27 February by Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
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