Europe opens bidding for seven AI 'gigafactories' in a €30B bid to catch up
document.getElementsByClassName('tnw-ad-wrapper')[1]?.classList?.add('ad-wrapper__growth-quarters'); The European Commission has opened the bidding to build up to seven AI “gigafactories,” vast computing hubs meant to give the bloc the raw power to train frontier AI models without depending on the United States. The call for tenders, launched today, is pitched as a roughly €30 billion effort to close the gap with American and Chinese AI. Brussels and member states would put in about €10 billion between them, with the other €20 billion expected from private investors, on the bet that state money can crowd in the capital these projects need.
- ▪document.getElementsByClassName('tnw-ad-wrapper')[1]?.classList?.add('ad-wrapper__growth-quarters'); The European Commission has opened the bidding to build up to seven AI “gigafactories,” vast computing hubs meant to give the bloc the raw
- ▪The call for tenders, launched today, is pitched as a roughly €30 billion effort to close the gap with American and Chinese AI.
- ▪Brussels and member states would put in about €10 billion between them, with the other €20 billion expected from private investors, on the bet that state money can crowd in the capital these projects need.
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document.getElementsByClassName('tnw-ad-wrapper')[1]?.classList?.add('ad-wrapper__growth-quarters'); The European Commission has opened the bidding to build up to seven AI “gigafactories,” vast computing hubs meant to give the bloc the raw power to train frontier AI models without depending on the United States. The call for tenders, launched today, is pitched as a roughly €30 billion effort to close the gap with American and Chinese AI. The structure is a public-private split. Brussels and member states would put in about €10 billion between them, with the other €20 billion expected from private investors, on the bet that state money can crowd in the capital these projects need. The scale is deliberately enormous.
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