{"slug": "eu-launches-eur30b-push-to-build-7-massive-ai-data-centers", "title": "EU launches €30B push to build 7 massive AI data centers", "summary": "The European Union on Thursday launched a €30 billion initiative to build seven massive AI data centers, called gigafactories, aiming to boost Europe's competitiveness in artificial intelligence. The plan, fulfilling a promise by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, includes four smaller hubs with 25,000 to 75,000 AI chips each and three larger ones with 40,000 to 100,000 chips each.", "body_md": "BRUSSELS — The EU on Thursday fired the starting gun on plans to fund seven multi-billion-euro computing hubs to train artificial intelligence models in Europe.\n\nThe launch of an official process for seven industry consortia willing to build AI “gigafactories” fulfills a [promise](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/lt/speech_25_471) made by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at an AI summit last year to help Europe catch up in the race on AI.\n\nAI companies need massive amounts of compute power to train advanced models, which is fueling the effort to build out specialized data centers. The EU’s goal is to support four smaller data centers, each underpinned by 25,000 to 75,000 specialized AI chips, and three larger ones, each powered by 40,000 to 100,000 chips.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/eu-launches-eur30b-push-to-build-7-massive-ai-data-centers", "canonical_source": "https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-launches-e30-billion-push-build-7-giga-ai-compute-hubs/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication", "published_at": "2026-07-30 10:20:11+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-30 13:10:12.163143+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-infrastructure", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["European Union", "European Commission", "Ursula von der Leyen"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/eu-launches-eur30b-push-to-build-7-massive-ai-data-centers", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/eu-launches-eur30b-push-to-build-7-massive-ai-data-centers.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/eu-launches-eur30b-push-to-build-7-massive-ai-data-centers.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/eu-launches-eur30b-push-to-build-7-massive-ai-data-centers.jsonld"}}