EU reveals sites for major AI factories across Europe

Date:
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 13:00:10 +0000

Description:
European Commission confirms seven locations for its next-generation AI
Factories, more applications welcome.

FULL STORY

The European Union has announced 750 million in investment to establish AI
supercomputers across seven sites on the continent. 

The initiative forms part of a broader 1.5 billion joint project, with the
other half of the funding set to come from EU member states, as part of an
effort to take on US tech giants and become what EVP for Tech Sovereignty,
Security and Democracy, Henna Virkkunen, envisions as an AI continent. 

As part of the announcement, we now know the seven chosen locations for AI
supercomputers in Europe - Barcelona, Spain; Bologna, Italy; Kajaani, 
Finland; Bissen, Luxembourg; Linkping, Sweden; Stuttgart, Germany and Athens,
Greece.

Seven EU AI supercomputers confirmed 

The supercomputers in Finland, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and Sweden will be
deployed as brand-new world-class AI-optimised supercomputers, with the
Spanish and Greek sites getting upgrades to raise their status. 

By deploying the seven new supercomputers, the Commission hopes to more than
double its EuroHPC computing capacity, with rollout scheduled for 2025-2026. 

Today we are one step closer to setting up AI Factories. Using European
supercomputers, we will enable AI start-ups to innovate and scale up,"
Virkkunen added. 

Now we are ready to lead with the right infrastructure in our ambition for 
the EU to become the AI continent. We are on track to make the AI factories
initiative a reality in the first 100 days of the new European Commission. 

The AI Factories are part of a broader strategy in the European Union to
encourage AI development and deployment across sectors where it can really
make a difference, like healthcare, finance and manufacturing. Other member
states have also been invited to submit proposals by February 2025.

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