European Commission launches call for tenders for seven AI Gigafactories

The European Commission has launched a call for tenders for the establishment of up to seven AI Gigafactories across Europe.

The initiative will be backed by up to €10 billion in EU and national funding, the European Commission announced on 30/07/2026. Led by industry, it is expected to mobilise at least €20bn in private investment across the Union.

The Commission said the initiative aimed to expand Europe's AI computing capacity and provide start-ups, scale-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises, industry, academia and public authorities with access to infrastructure for training, inference and fine-tuning advanced frontier AI models. It would enable Europe to develop advanced AI on its own infrastructure, in line with EU rules and values. Furthermore, AI technologies developed in the Gigafactories would comply with EU standards on data protection, safety, security and ethics.

Consortia or Special Purpose Vehicles bringing together companies, public entities, investors and other partners could apply to the call. AI Gigafactories could be established in a single Member State, either…