The European Union's €20 billion plan to build several large-scale "AI gigafactories" is facing significant criticism from legislators and experts. The initiative, intended to bolster Europe's AI capabilities and compete with the U.S. and China, aims to construct massive data centers each equipped with over 100,000 GPUs.
Critics are questioning if there is sufficient demand from European companies for such vast computing power. Concerns have also been raised about the potential waste of public funds and the plan's heavy reliance on non-EU technology, specifically GPUs from Nvidia. A group of European Parliament lawmakers has formally warned about the strategic dependency on a single chip supplier, arguing it may undermine the EU's goal of digital sovereignty.