EU launches AI Gigafactories call to boost Europe’s computing capacity and unlock more than EUR 30 billion in investment

The EU today launched a call for tenders to establish up to seven AI Gigafactories across Europe, as part of its latest major push to accelerate Europe’s technological sovereignty and ambition of becoming the AI Continent.

The European Commission aims to mobilise more than EUR 30 billion in investment, up to EUR 10 billion coming from EU and national funding, and at least EUR 20 billion from private investment across the Union.

It will expand Europe’s 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 AI models. The AI Gigafactories may be established in a single Member State, either on one site or across several locations. They may also include cross-border developments in several Member States through distributed AI computing facilities.

Proposals will undergo a competitive evaluation to select the successful projects.

Consortia or Special Purpose Vehicles bringing together companies, public entities, investors and other partners can apply. The deadline is the 12^th of November 2026. Following an evaluation process, award decisions are expected by early 2027. The necessary framework and specific contracts will then be signed to allow construction to begin in 2027. Selected AI Gigafactories are expected to begin operations within a maximum of 18 months from the signature.

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