Seven ‘AI factory’ proposals for Europe

The European Commission has received seven proposals for AI Factories which will boost AI innovation in the region.

The first seven proposals for artificial intelligence (AI) Factories have been submitted under the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (JU). They will be built around the EU’s network of  European High-Performance Computing (HPC) supercomputers.

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The seven proposals submitted in total by 15 Member States and two associated participating states, from Finland (together with the participation of Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Norway and Poland), Luxembourg, Sweden, Germany, Italy (together with the participation of Austria and Slovenia), and Greece. Spain has prepared a proposal with the participation of Portugal, Romania and Turkey which is expected imminently.

The submitted proposals will now be evaluated by an independent panel of experts and the EuroHPC JU expects to announce the selection of the first AI Factories in December 2024 and launch them soon after.

Cyprus and Slovenia have submitted letters of interest to either join or create an AI Factory at a later stage.  The next cut-off date for the subsequent proposals is the 1st of February 2025.

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