European strategy for AI in science: "Researchers should have equitable access to infrastructure" (EUA)

"The European Commission has a strong focus on building infrastructure through AI factories (or gigafactories) and supporting this through larger policies such as the Cloud and AI Development Act. This makes good sense. However, researchers and their partners within innovation ecosystems should have equitable access to AI infrastructure, which requires a distributed approach whereby research-related activities are spread among all AI factories", indicates the EUA in their response to the European Commission’s call for evidence on a European strategy for AI in science, on 03/06/2025.

"Europe needs a solid base of infrastructure, data and skills to fully benefit from the possibilities of AI in research. For this reason, it is very welcome that the European Commission is focusing on research as a priority for its AI policies."

The EUA makes six recommendations to be implemented in a strategy for AI in science and puts forward the role of universities in the European Union’s ambitions for AI.

For example, the association calls for:

• Enabling equitable access through a distributed…