Infrastructure
Compute and storage resources like HPC and cloud services.
How the laws define this
Regulators consistently treat infrastructure as the foundational support required to execute artificial intelligence research and development. However, these instruments diverge sharply regarding whether the concept is strictly technical or encompasses broader regulatory and human assets. The Plan Nacional de Inteligencia Artificial ("ArgenIA" / National Artificial Intelligence Plan) and the National Artificial Intelligence Document of the Islamic Republic of Iran restrict infrastructure to physical and cloud compute assets, such as high-performance computing, storage, data centers, and national hosting platforms. Conversely, the Artificial Intelligence Institute Establishment Council of Ministers Regulation No. 510/2022 expands the term well beyond hardware and platforms. It explicitly incorporates non-technological elements into infrastructure, defining it to include laws, a regulatory body, human resources, data, and a knowledge base alongside physical facilities required for a successful research program.
Synthesised from the 3 statutory definitions below. Each one is quoted in full, with its source.
Definitions (3)
Covers high‑performance computing, cloud services, storage and regional compute nodes required to support AI research, development and scale-up. The Plan advocates expanding national HPC capacity and interoperable cloud infrastructure to lower barriers for SMEs and public deployments.
the resources needed to run a successful artificial intelligence research program and covers, inter alias, laws, regulatory body, physical facilities, knowledge base, data, and human resources
The foundational physical and cloud compute resources, data centers, and national platforms that provide the computational capacity and hosting necessary for AI research, development, and public-interest deployments. The Document treats infrastructure as a distinct layer to be coordinated through national investment and shared services.
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