Planned Maintenance

Please see below for current and upcoming scheduled maintenance which may impact users of BriCS services and facilities.

If you are concerned about the impact of upcoming maintenance, or encounter unexpected issues you suspect are related to a maintenance event, please get in touch with the BriCS team.

Date and Time	Description	Services Affected	Expected Impact	Notes
2026-08-20 @ 08:00 to 13:00 BST	Upgrade Slurm scheduler on Isambard 3	Isambard 3 Grace and MACS	System will be unavailable whilst upgrade of Slurm takes place.
2026-09-10 (tentative, exact date and times TBC) BST	Shutdown to enable power work to connect the National AI Data Facility.	Isambard-AI Phase 2	The system will be unavailable for one day around this date.	This work is still being planned and more timing information will be provided once the schedule is known.