diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/u/UDA/UDA-2.8.1-GCC-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/u/UDA/UDA-2.8.1-GCC-13.2.0.eb
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index 00000000000..85548dc9695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/u/UDA/UDA-2.8.1-GCC-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+easyblock = 'CMakeNinja'
+
+name = 'UDA'
+version = '2.8.1'
+
+homepage = 'https://git.iter.org/projects/IMAS/repos/uda'
+description = """Universal Data Access"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCC', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = ['https://github.com/ukaea/UDA/archive/refs/tags']
+sources = ['%(version)s.zip']
+checksums = ['53d5a3f551da97982faa1d5284dcb90ad63c3cf641634125683959271e694130']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('CMake', '3.27.6'),
+    ('Ninja', '1.11.1'),
+    ('libMemcached', '1.0.18'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('libxml2', '2.11.5'),
+    ('libtirpc', '1.3.4'),
+    ('Boost', '1.83.0'),
+    ('fmt', '10.2.0'),
+    ('spdlog', '1.12.0'),
+    ('CapnProto', '1.0.1.1'),
+    ('OpenSSL', '1.1', '', SYSTEM),
+]
+
+separate_build_dir = True
+
+build_type = 'Debug'
+
+parallel = 1
+
+configopts = '-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON '
+configopts += '-DBOOST_ROOT=${EBROOTBOOST} '
+configopts += '-DENABLE_CAPNP=ON '
+configopts += '-DSSLAUTHENTICATION=ON '
+
+# Specify UDA hostname and port
+
+# modextravars = {
+#    'UDA_HOST': '',
+#    'UDA_PORT': '',
+# }
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/uda_server',
+              'bin/install_plugin',
+              'lib/libfatuda_client.%s' % SHLIB_EXT,
+              'lib/libuda_client.%s' % SHLIB_EXT,
+              'lib/libuda_plugins.%s' % SHLIB_EXT,
+              'lib/libuda_server.%s' % SHLIB_EXT, ],
+    'dirs':  ['bin', 'etc/plugins',
+              'include/uda/plugins',
+              'lib/plugins',
+              'modulefiles',
+              'python_installer']
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'data'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/u/UDA/UDA-2.8.1-intel-compilers-2023.2.1.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/u/UDA/UDA-2.8.1-intel-compilers-2023.2.1.eb
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index 00000000000..cbdad0e758d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/u/UDA/UDA-2.8.1-intel-compilers-2023.2.1.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+easyblock = 'CMakeNinja'
+
+name = 'UDA'
+version = '2.8.1'
+
+homepage = 'https://git.iter.org/projects/IMAS/repos/uda'
+description = """Universal Data Access"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'intel-compilers', 'version': '2023.2.1'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = ['https://github.com/ukaea/UDA/archive/refs/tags']
+sources = ['%(version)s.zip']
+checksums = ['53d5a3f551da97982faa1d5284dcb90ad63c3cf641634125683959271e694130']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('CMake', '3.27.6'),
+    ('Ninja', '1.11.1'),
+    ('libMemcached', '1.0.18'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('libxml2', '2.11.5'),
+    ('libtirpc', '1.3.4'),
+    ('Boost', '1.83.0'),
+    ('fmt', '10.2.0'),
+    ('spdlog', '1.12.0'),
+    ('CapnProto', '1.0.1.1'),
+    ('OpenSSL', '1.1', '', SYSTEM),
+]
+
+separate_build_dir = True
+
+build_type = 'Debug'
+
+parallel = 1
+
+configopts = '-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON '
+configopts += '-DBOOST_ROOT=${EBROOTBOOST} '
+configopts += '-DENABLE_CAPNP=ON '
+configopts += '-DSSLAUTHENTICATION=ON '
+
+# Specify UDA hostname and port
+
+# modextravars = {
+#    'UDA_HOST': '',
+#    'UDA_PORT': '',
+# }
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/uda_server',
+              'bin/install_plugin',
+              'lib/libfatuda_client.%s' % SHLIB_EXT,
+              'lib/libuda_client.%s' % SHLIB_EXT,
+              'lib/libuda_plugins.%s' % SHLIB_EXT,
+              'lib/libuda_server.%s' % SHLIB_EXT, ],
+    'dirs':  ['bin', 'etc/plugins',
+              'include/uda/plugins',
+              'lib/plugins',
+              'modulefiles',
+              'python_installer']
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'data'