EU issues tenders for seven data centers with up to 40,000 GPUs, scaling back sovereign infrastructure plans
Story Overview
The European Union is now seeking bids to build seven more modest AI data centers instead of the five massive gigafactories once envisioned, with four sites needing at least 25,000 GPUs and three requiring at least 40,000. Private investors would cover most of the cost while public subsidies top out at one-third, a clear retreat from earlier €20 billion ambitions that drew far less interest than hoped.
Smaller footprints may steer model choices
With the reduced scale, observers note the setup could naturally tilt toward smaller or more efficient AI models rather than the largest training runs, though that link remains unconfirmed in the tender details themselves.
Europe's competitiveness edge stays unclear
How these scaled-back facilities will stack up against U.S. and Chinese hyperscale builds, or whether bidder numbers will rebound from the drop to roughly ten expected participants, is still unknown.
Users criticized Europe's decision to scale down AI data center ambitions with smaller GPU tenders, calling it a strange move that shows they have no chance of catching up.
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Europeans continue to robustly lead in AI safety and regulations that's the complementary strength Ursula alluded to… the West needs both wings to fly. The posthumanist San Franciscan technocapital devouring the lightcone, and the small quirky GDPR-compliant mid from Brussels…
"only tiny baby kawaii models allowed, the big ones scare me"
.@DadaJudith: "The EU really should do something about the data center problem"
The EU:
"only tiny baby kawaii models allowed, the big ones scare me"
civilizational cuck chair
"only tiny baby kawaii models allowed, the big ones scare me"
@sebkrier “BLM” as a term is not ideal ofc as it could get confused with other things that share the same acronym, like, um, the Bureau of Land Management. So let’s go with BML — “bijou modèle de langage”.
@dioscuri bijou-2b-net0
@sebkrier I believe the approved term is bijou
@sebkrier I believe the approved term is bijou
@sebkrier Covered that, ZoroWoods strikes again. Sovereign Ai and its Paradoxes http://youtu.be/MWhfi7D1cWI?si… via @YouTube
@sebkrier did someone say big
@sebkrier Absolutely diabolical of the thoughtception here. Today I thought the thought 'Babe I love your tiny baby kawaii models....'
@sebkrier They were scared by Le Chaton Fat
@dioscuri @sebkrier “Je suis passé.” — Arsène Lupin Only a bijou-sized model could steal this elegantly.
@xlr8harder I genuinely had to check the publication date to make sure it wasn't from 2022 or something
@dioscuri @sebkrier BML — “bijou modèle de langage” Occam’s razor is getting ready to become a club 🔨 オッカムに殴られるやつ 🪓
@xeophon @DadaJudith yeah there's no way we're catching up anyway
@sebkrier This 3B Parameter Model Benchmarks Higher Than Opus 4.8 On This Benchmark That Was Saturated Two Years Ago
@xeophon @DadaJudith scheiß mich an, diggaaaa
@sebkrier With chip design advancements they may realise that they might not even need it.
https://machinepower.substack.com/p/ai-is-not-a-closed-book
@xlr8harder 😂
@dioscuri @sebkrier Short form not acronym strictly sir, as words matter and that’s why we all try to use them well 🤔😉😃 c’est ca
@sebkrier Strange decision from @HennaVirkkunen