📋 Tender Overview
On 30 July, the EU launched a call for tenders to establish up to seven AI Gigafactories across Europe, as part of its latest major push to accelerate Europes technological sovereignty and ambition of becoming the AI Continent.Led by industry and supported by up to EUR10 billion in EU and national funding, the initiative is expected to unlock at least EUR20 billion in private investment across the Union. It will expand Europes AI computing capacity and give start-ups, scale-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises, industry, academia and public authorities access to infrastructure for training, inference and fine-tuning advanced frontier models.The AI Gigafactories will combine advanced AI processors, software and cloud technology stacks, high-speed connectivity and energy-efficient data centres. Together with Europes network of 19 AI Factories, they aim at strengthening Europes technological leadership, resilience and strategic autonomy.The call closes on 12 November 2026. Award decisions are expected by early 2027.For more information:EC News
