欧盟委员会宣布投入100亿欧元（114亿美元）资金，用于支持建设7个人工智能巨型工厂，以期缩小与美国和中国在AI领域的差距[1]。欧盟希望这笔公共资金能够撬动额外200亿欧元私人投资[1]。
根据规划，这些工厂将部署至少10万个尖端AI芯片，其综合计算能力将达到欧盟现有数据中心的4倍[1]。欧盟委员会副主席Henna Virkkunen指出，"获得AI巨型工厂内的大规模计算能力对欧洲是战略必需"[1]。该投资计划面临的挑战包括欧盟电力成本是美国和中国的2至3倍[1]，以及欧盟前五大云服务提供商均为美国企业[1]。根据2025年美联储评估，欧洲在AI关键领域远落后于美国和中国[1]。
The European Union is investing 10 billion euros ($11.4 billion) to establish seven artificial intelligence megafactories as part of an ambitious effort to compete with the computational capabilities of the United States and China [1]. The public funding is designed to catalyze an additional 20 billion euros ($22.8 billion) in private investment [1]. These facilities will collectively house at least 100,000 advanced AI chips, providing the EU with computational power approximately four times greater than its current data center capacity [1].
The strategic urgency behind this initiative reflects Europe's competitive disadvantage in AI infrastructure. The EU's existing network consists of only 19 AI data centers distributed across the continent, from Finland to Spain [1]. Additionally, electricity costs in Europe are two to three times higher than in the United States and China [1], while the five largest cloud service providers operating in the EU are all American companies [1]. European capabilities lag significantly behind both the US and China in key artificial intelligence sectors, according to a 2025 Federal Reserve assessment [1]. EU official Henna Virkkunen emphasized that "securing large-scale computing power within AI megafactories is a strategic necessity for Europe" [1].