Henna Virkkunen@HennaVirkkunen@ec.social-network.europa.eu

The AI Gigafactories call is now open.

Today, we launched a call for tenders to establish up to 7 AI Gigafactories across Europe, boosting Europe’s computing capacity and unlocking more than €30 billion in investment.

I am pleased to see Member States, industry, and the Commission coming together to build these facilities, which are key to strengthening our technological sovereignty.

This is a milestone for Europe in becoming an AI Continent.

link.europa.eu/qGDhv3

EU launches AI Gigafactories call to boost Europe's computing capacity and unlock more than €30 billion in investment
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Geoff Mackenzie@radicalabacus@hachyderm.io

Replying to @⁨HennaVirkkunen@ec.social-network.europa.eu⁩

@HennaVirkkunen the nuclear power station Romania had to shut down due to lack of water provides 1.3GW; 20% of the nation's electricity, or enough for 1 or 2 large AI data centers. These things are opportunities to send huge amounts of money out of the EU to import hardware that will be worthless within 3 years and will consume obscene amounts of power in the meantime

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