The fee mentioned its AI Gigafactories “will probably be large-scale amenities outfitted with roughly 100,000 state-of-the-art AI chips, 4 instances greater than present AI factories.” Whereas the EC mentioned its intent is to change into a worldwide chief in AI, in addition they additionally acknowledged that “regardless of the potential of AI, solely 13.5% of corporations within the EU have adopted AI.”
Following is the EC’s Motion Plan:
To change into a worldwide chief in synthetic intelligence (AI) is the target of the AI Continent Motion Plan launched right now. As set out by President von der Leyen on the AI Motion Summit in February 2025 in Paris, this bold initiative is ready to remodel Europe’s robust conventional industries and its distinctive expertise pool into highly effective engines of AI innovation and acceleration.
The race for management in AI is much from over. From cutting-edge basis fashions to specialised AI purposes, the AI panorama within the EU is dynamic. It’s pushed by analysis, rising applied sciences and a thriving ecosystem of startups and scaleups. The AI Continent Motion Plan will increase the European Union’s AI innovation capabilities via actions and insurance policies round 5 key pillars:
- Constructing a large-scale AI information and computing infrastructure
The Fee will strengthen Europe’s AI and supercomputing infrastructure with a community of AI Factories. 13 of those factories are already being deployed round Europe’s world-leading supercomputers. They are going to assist EU AI startups, business and researchers in creating AI fashions and purposes.
As introduced within the Competitiveness Compass, the EU can even assist arrange AI Gigafactories. These will probably be large-scale amenities outfitted with roughly 100,000 state-of-the-art AI chips, 4 instances greater than present AI factories. They are going to combine huge computing energy and information centres to coach and develop complicated AI fashions at unprecedented scale. The AI Gigafactories will lead the following wave of frontier AI fashions and preserve the EU’s strategic autonomy in essential industrial sectors and science, requiring private and non-private investments. A name for expression of curiosity for consortia is revealed right now.
Personal funding in Gigafactories will probably be additional stimulated via the InvestAI, which can mobilise €20 billion funding for as much as 5 AI Gigafactories throughout the Union.
To stimulate non-public sector funding in cloud capability and information centres, the Fee can even suggest a Cloud and AI Improvement Act. The objective is to at the very least triple the EU’s information centre capability within the subsequent 5 to seven years, prioritising extremely sustainable information centres.
- Growing entry to giant and high-quality information
Bolstering AI innovation additionally requires entry to giant volumes of high-quality information. An necessary ingredient of the Motion Plan is the creation of Information Labs, bringing collectively and curating giant, high-quality information volumes from completely different sources in AI Factories. A complete Information Union Technique will probably be launched in 2025 to create a real inside marketplace for information that may scale up AI options.
- Creating algorithms and fostering AI adoption in strategic EU sectors
Regardless of the potential of AI, solely 13.5% of corporations within the EU have adopted AI. To develop tailor-made AI options, increase their industrial use and full adoption in EU strategic private and non-private sectors, the Fee will launch the Apply AI Technique within the coming months. European AI innovation infrastructure, together with notably the AI Factories and the European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs), will play an necessary function on this Technique.
- Strengthening AI expertise and abilities
To fulfill rising demand for AI expertise, the Fee will facilitate worldwide recruitment of extremely expert AI consultants and researchers via initiatives such because the Expertise Pool, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Motion ‘MSCA Select Europe’ and AI fellowships schemes provided by the upcoming AI Abilities Academy. These actions will contribute to authorized migration pathways for extremely expert non-EU employees within the AI sector and appeal to the very best European AI researchers and consultants again to Europe. It should additionally develop instructional and coaching programmes on AI and Generative AI in key sectors, getting ready the following era of AI specialists and supporting the upskilling and reskilling of employees.
- Regulatory simplification
The AI Act raises residents’ belief in know-how and supplies traders and entrepreneurs with the authorized certainty they should scale up and deploy AI all through Europe. The Fee can even launch the AI Act Service Desk, to assist companies adjust to the AI Act. It should function the central level of contact and hub for info and steerage on the AI Act.
With this Motion Plan the Fee opens right now two public consultations, operating till 4 June 2025, to additional form these AI Continent Motion Plan initiatives.
- A public session inviting all events to share their views on the Cloud and AI Improvement Act
- A public session on Apply AI to establish stakeholder priorities, challenges to the uptake of AI, and the relevance of proposed options and coverage approaches—together with further measures to make sure the graceful and easy utility of the AI Act.
A 3rd public session on Information Union Technique will probably be launched in Could.
In parallel, the Fee will organise dialogues with business representatives and the general public sector to assist form the Apply AI Technique. These dialogues, along with the general public consultations, will establish related examples of untapped potential in adopting AI applied sciences in particular sectors, their present integration in enterprise and manufacturing processes, and alternatives for scaling up inside these sectors and the broader financial system.
On 1 August 2024 the AI Act entered into power and tips on prohibited AI practices have been revealed on 4 February 2025. On 24 January 2024, the Fee launched a package deal of measures to assist European startups and SMEs within the growth of reliable AI. On 9 July 2024 the amended EuroHPC JU Regulation entered into power, permitting the set-up of AI Factories. On 10 December 2024, seven consortia have been chosen to determine AI Factories, adopted by six further consortia on 12 March 2025. On the AI Motion Summit in Paris on 11 February 2025, President von der Leyen introduced InvestAI, an initiative to mobilise a €200 billion funding in AI throughout Europe.
