The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking has officially opened a call to establish AI Gigafactories across Europe. This initiative aims to increase the continent's sovereign AI computing capacity by creating up to seven new facilities. The project carries a target of more than 20 billion euros in private investment to support this infrastructure growth.
These planned AI Gigafactories provide resources for large-scale frontier AI training, fine-tuning, and inference services. The objective is to build a service-oriented model that supports researchers, engineers, and companies who need significant processing power to advance their work. By scaling this hardware, Europe intends to reduce dependence on external providers for high-end computing needs.
This move aligns with broader efforts to keep European research and industry at the competitive edge of data-intensive science. The infrastructure will provide the backend hardware required to move from theoretical models to functional, real-world applications in areas like drug discovery and materials engineering.
Stakeholders and industry partners are now evaluating the terms of this procurement. The scale of the funding highlights the priority placed on maintaining regional control over computational resources. More information regarding the technical specifications and participation requirements is available through the EuroHPC official channels.