EuroHPC Joint Undertaking Launches AI Gigafactories Call

In the wake of the artificial intelligence boom, companies and governments are racing to secure the vast computing capacity needed to train and deploy the most advanced models, and the European Union has now opened its long announced procurement for very large facilities.

1. Overview

The EuroHPC JU has launched a call for tenders to establish and operate artificial intelligence gigafactories[2] in the Member States, following the political commitment made at the Paris summit in February 2025 and the regulation adopted in January 2026.[3]

The Call targets the establishment of up to seven AIGFs, four medium-scale projects under Lot 1 and three large-scale projects under Lot 2, located in at least seven different Member States across the Union.[4]

The Call is a joint procurement between the EuroHPC JU and the competent national authorities of certain Participating States, acting under a joint procurement agreement signed by eighteen of them.[5]

2. Financing

Across the initiative, up to EUR 10 billion of EU and national public support is intended to mobilise at least EUR 20 billion of private investment, with at least EUR 4 to 5 billion for each site selected under the procedure.[6]

The deadline for submitting tenders is 12 November 2026 at 16:00 Luxembourg time.[7] Tenders must be submitted electronically through the eSubmission system of the Funding and Tenders portal.