{"slug": "eu-lays-out-11-4-billion-for-7-ai-gigafactories-as-it-aims-to-catch-up-with-u-s", "title": "EU Lays Out $11.4 Billion For 7 AI Gigafactories as it Aims to Catch Up With U.S. and China", "summary": "The European Commission announced on Thursday an offer of 10 billion euros ($11.4 billion) in public funding for firms to build seven AI gigafactories, aiming to close the AI gap with the U.S. and China. The Commission expects the public financing to attract an additional 20 billion euros ($22.8 billion) in private investment, with the initiative adhering to data protection and ethical standards.", "body_md": "[Data Center](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/tag/data-center/)\n\n# EU Lays Out $11.4 Billion For 7 AI Gigafactories as it Aims to Catch Up With U.S. and China\n\nThe EU initiative includes adherence to data protection and ethical standards.\n\nThe EU initiative includes adherence to data protection and ethical standards.\n\nBRUSSELS, July 30, 2026 (AP) — The European Union is offering 10 billion euros ($11.4 billion) in funding for firms to erect seven AI gigafactories as it seeks to close the AI gap with U.S. and China, the 27-nation bloc's executive said on Thursday.\n\nThe European Commission said it would like the public financing to draw an additional 20 billion euros ($22.8 billion) in private investment.\n\nThe author is the chief economist of the Federal Communications Commission.\n\n'We are taking investigatory action right now on at least one, if not more, of these affiliation transactions,\" Carr says in a July 30 interview with Policyband\n\nWitnesses warn existing networks face mounting demand and call for faster infrastructure approvals\n\nThe order comes two weeks after infrastructure companies said they were concerned Dish’s bankruptcy might drain the $2.4 billion fund", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/eu-lays-out-11-4-billion-for-7-ai-gigafactories-as-it-aims-to-catch-up-with-u-s", "canonical_source": "https://broadbandbreakfast.com/eu-lays-out-11-4-billion-for-7-ai-gigafactories-as-it-aims-to-catch-up-with-u-s-and-china/", "published_at": "2026-07-30 15:35:13+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-31 16:22:09.966797+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["European Commission", "European Union"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/eu-lays-out-11-4-billion-for-7-ai-gigafactories-as-it-aims-to-catch-up-with-u-s", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/eu-lays-out-11-4-billion-for-7-ai-gigafactories-as-it-aims-to-catch-up-with-u-s.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/eu-lays-out-11-4-billion-for-7-ai-gigafactories-as-it-aims-to-catch-up-with-u-s.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/eu-lays-out-11-4-billion-for-7-ai-gigafactories-as-it-aims-to-catch-up-with-u-s.jsonld"}}