{"id":300670,"date":"2025-04-11T04:43:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T11:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=300670"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:54:06","slug":"this-is-the-eus-plan-to-create-ai-hubs-is-it-too-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/this-is-the-eus-plan-to-create-ai-hubs-is-it-too-late\/","title":{"rendered":"This is the EU&#8217;s plan to create AI hubs: Is it too late?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As artificial intelligence reshapes the global tech landscape, the&nbsp;<strong>European Union is scrambling to catch up<\/strong>. While the US and China continue to lead the charge, Europe has long been criticized for prioritizing regulation over innovation. But now, the EU is unveiling a bold plan to reposition itself in the AI race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Europe\u2019s massive investment in AI infrastructure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The European Commission has&nbsp;<strong>announced a \u20ac30 billion plan to develop AI infrastructure<\/strong>, including five massive \u201cAI gigafactories.\u201d Each of these facilities will host&nbsp;<strong>100,000 AI accelerators<\/strong>, dramatically increasing Europe\u2019s current computing capacity. The goal is to build a unified European market for data and AI services, accessible to all member states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Funding will come from the&nbsp;<strong>InvestAI fund (\u20ac20 billion)<\/strong>, aimed at data centers and semiconductor acquisition, and an additional&nbsp;<strong>\u20ac10 billion will support 13 smaller facilities<\/strong>, expected to be operational by 2026. However, the location of these centers remains undecided, and any delay in the selection process could push back their launch by years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bridging the AI adoption gap in Europe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At present,&nbsp;<strong>only 13.5% of European companies use AI in production<\/strong>, a figure the Commission wants to improve. Through an initiative called&nbsp;<em>Apply IA<\/em>, the plan is to help local businesses adopt AI tools more easily. The lack of infrastructure\u2014not a lack of willingness\u2014has been the main barrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the EU plans to introduce&nbsp;<strong>visa and scholarship schemes to attract global talent<\/strong>, instead of focusing on bringing back European AI experts from abroad. While this move might raise questions, it highlights Europe\u2019s urgency in securing its position in the global AI ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether this ambitious roadmap is too little, too late remains to be seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As artificial intelligence reshapes the global tech landscape, the&nbsp;European Union is scrambling to catch up. While the US and China continue to lead the charge, Europe has long been criticized for prioritizing regulation over innovation. But now, the EU is unveiling a bold plan to reposition itself in the AI race. Europe\u2019s massive investment in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/this-is-the-eus-plan-to-create-ai-hubs-is-it-too-late\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;This is the EU&#8217;s plan to create AI hubs: Is it too late?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":300671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6771],"class_list":["post-300670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-ai"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307909,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300670\/revisions\/307909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300670"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=300670"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=300670"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=300670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}