The EU is on track to doubling the compute capacity of the EuroHPCs

The OpenEuroLLM consortium initiated its work already in February, with the objective of building truly open foundation models for European languages.
Strategic and sustained investments in AI infrastructure, coupled with an environment of transparency and collaboration, are fundamental to enhancing European tech competitiveness.
The EU’s AI Factories exemplifies this approach by offering world- class computing environments designed to foster AI - driven innovation across Europe, and enabling projects such as OpenEuroLLM.
The AI Factories initiative is set to more than double the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking(EuroHPC JU) 's compute capacity, directly addressing critical infrastructure requirements for advancing European AI development. This pioneering initiative combines top-tier AI expertise, high-value data, and exceptional computing capabilities.
Three of the initial seven AI Factories announced by the EU, are hosted by OpenEuroLLM consortium members.The LUMI supercomputer AI Factory, hosted by CSC - IT Center for Science, was inaugurated in April.As the most powerful supercomputer in Europe and among the world's top 10 fastest, LUMI has a proven track record of scaling AI training, having powered the development of model families like Viking, Poro, and Europa by AMD Silo AI and the TurkuNLP research group from the Turun yliopisto - University of Turku.
Further expanding the network of AI Factories, CINECA in Italy has also initiated its AI Factory activities, and Barcelona Supercomputing Center in Barcelona is set to launch their AI Factory in the near future.Stay tuned for more updates on AI development in Europe.
Foto: CSC - Mikael Kanerva