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EU opens call for seven 'gigafactories' to train next-generation AI technologies

With concerns about digital dependency growing fast, the European Commission is pursuing "sovereign" AI infrastructure to become operational by mid-2028.

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00:02Brussels is racing to build infrastructure to train advanced AI models and catch up with global tech competitors.
00:10The European Commission has launched a call for tenders to publicly finance up to 7 AI gigafactories in Europe.
00:17These large scale computing facilities equipped with highly specialized chips are designed to train the next generation of AI technologies,
00:25notably the most advanced large language models.
00:28The move forms part of a broader tech sovereignty push to cut the EU's dependents and foreign suppliers of cloud
00:35services and chips.
00:36Europe wants to become the first AI continent, the European Commission said Thursday.
00:41All of this to also serve our tech sovereignty agenda because we want advanced AI to be developed right here
00:49at home in Europe
00:51and by European companies and European researchers in line with Europe's values and fundamental rights.
01:00Massive data center projects are already well underway in the US and China.
01:04In response, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a plan to build AI gigafactories in Europe at the
01:12AI Action Summit in Paris last year.
01:14Ten EU countries have expressed interest in hosting a gigafactory.
01:18Yet critics warn that while gigafactories aim to build sovereign European infrastructure,
01:23the EU remains heavily reliant on foreign suppliers for specialized AI chips.
01:29Yet tri義-based and human suppliers to test a skillset is included in the U.S.
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