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Ursula von der Leyen

President of the European Commission

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“InvestAI will mobilise €200 billion for investment in AI in Europe over the next five years, including a new European fund of €20 billion for AI gigafactories — the largest public-private partnership in the world for the development of trustworthy AI.”
Ursula von der LeyenPolicymaker

President of the European Commission

Said Feb 11, 2025Deadline Dec 31, 2030AI Action Summit, Paris, 11 February 2025 (European Commission press release IP/25/467)

Horizon runs to 2030. Implementation has been slow: the €20 billion gigafactory facility was still being structured with the EIB in December 2025 and the official EuroHPC gigafactories call was only published in July 2026.

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“An AI Factories initiative — giving AI start-ups and researchers access to the EU's high-performance supercomputers — will be put forward within the first 100 days of the new Commission's mandate.”
Ursula von der LeyenPolicymaker

President of the European Commission

Said Jul 18, 2024Deadline Mar 11, 2025Political Guidelines for the European Commission 2024-2029, 18 July 2024, as summarised in the European Parliamentary Research Service briefing 'AI factories', February 2025

The AI Factories rollout was under way inside the 100-day window: the first AI factory sites were selected in December 2024 and von der Leyen announced the InvestAI package, including AI gigafactories, on 11 February 2025.