The Gigafactory Is a Purchase Order.
EuroHPC’s July 2026 call does not hand out ribbons for data centres. It selects industry-led consortia, then buys guaranteed AI compute access time. Seven is a project ceiling. Mid-2028 is Phase 1. The €20bn speech is not this MFF’s cash.
On 30 July 2026 the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking opened a call for tenders. The reference on the JU page is EUROHPC-2026-CEI-AIGF-01. Aggregators also print EUROHPC/2026/OP/0008. Deadline: 12 November 2026, 16:00 CET . Call page: https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/call-tenders-selection-artificial-intelligence-gigafactory-consortia-and-establishment-ai_en . Launch press: https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/eurohpc-joint-undertaking-launches-ai-gigafactories-call-2026-07-30_en .