Special Committee on AI Recommends Building State Owned Super Computer

Jerusalem, 6 August, 2025 (TPS-IL) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday received the final report of the National Committee for Accelerating the Field of Artificial Intelligence, headed by Prof. (res. Brigadier General) Yaakov Nagel – the Nagel Committee. The committee operated for four months and presented a national plan and defined a national goal to position Israel among the five leading countries in the world in AI, including establishing a national super computer.

Key highlights from the report:

The situation in Israel today:
• No coordinated national strategy in the field of AI.
• Fragmentation between government bodies, very low budgeting, decline in global rankings.
• Severe shortage of manpower, research, supercomputing, and adapted regulation.

Strategic threat – and national opportunity:
• Israel may be marginalized – and experience a loss of status as a Startup Nation.
• Countries like the US, China, Europe and the Gulf are investing over $100–400 billion.
• Immediate action is required to change direction.

Key recommendations:
• Immediate establishment of a national headquarters for artificial intelligence, subordinate to the Prime Minister, with regulatory and executive powers.
• Construction of a state-owned national supercomputer – 60,000 GPU units within two to three years for use by the public sector, with at least 50% of this allocated to academia.
• Investment in human capital – excellent programs from high school to doctorate, and pathways to bring back talent from abroad.
• A dedicated national energy plan for AI – including connecting server farms in the periphery.