Key points
- €500 million investment to boost AI capacity
- Spain’s hub to include experimental platform
- Expansion strengthens Europe’s AI leadership globally
BRUSSELS: The European High-Performance Computing Partnership Initiative (Euro HPC) announced that six additional artificial intelligence (AI) factories will be set up in Czechia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, and Spain.
“The newly selected AI Factories will join the 13 previously chosen sites, forming an interconnected network of AI hubs ready to drive innovation across Europe,” Euro HPC said in a statement, reports Anadolu Agency.
The statement explained that these six newly designated countries will establish AI factories and advanced systems optimized for AI, further strengthening Europe’s overall AI infrastructure.
The AI Factory in Spain will also feature an experimental platform, designed to act as a state-of-the-art environment for developing and testing innovative AI models and applications, while encouraging collaboration across Europe, according to the statement.
Expanding Europe’s high-performance computing capacity
It added that the AI factories will provide a single-point national service, offering comprehensive support to European AI startups, small and medium-sized enterprises, and researchers.
According to the statement, the six new AI factories will receive over €500 million ($578.6 million) in funding from the EU and its member states, aimed at expanding Europe’s high-performance computing capacity and accelerating AI adoption in key industries.
“This expansion strengthens Europe’s position as a global leader in artificial intelligence and ensures that AI solutions can be developed, tested, and scaled within a digitally sovereign European ecosystem,” it concluded.
