Call for Tenders for the selection of Artificial Intelligence Gigafactory Consortia and the establishment of AI Gigafactories

Published

30 July 2026

Submission deadline

12 November 2026

Estimated value

€10,000,000,000

Procedure

open

Lots

2

Notice number

00529135-2026

Reference

bc712395-692d-41ab-aa25-8e254ae86eb2

Official source

Official source

CPV codes

• 72500000Servicios informáticos

Description

The overall objective of this Call is the selection of Artificial Intelligence Gigafactory (AIGF) Consortia, which will establish and operate the AIGFs and from which the Contracting Parties will acquire AI compute access time. More in detail, the specific objectives of this Call are as follows: - Selection of AIGF Consortia: Following a rigorous evaluation of the tenders by the EuroHPC JU with the support of independent experts, the Governing Board will make an award decision, establishing a ranked list of successful AIGF Consortia. - Procurement of Compute Access Time: To establish a framework for the joint acquisition of a guaranteed share of AI compute access time from the selected AIGF Consortia, formalised through the signature of a Framework Contract and a number of subsequent Specific Contracts with the successful AIGF Consortia. AIGF refers to state-of-the-art large-scale facility with sufficient capacity to handle the complete lifecycle, from development to large-scale inference, of very large AI models and applications, providing a supercomputing service infrastructure which is composed of AI-optimised computing capacity, a supporting data centre infrastructure includi…

Frequently asked questions

What is the deadline to bid for this tender?

The submission deadline is 12 November 2026. Check the official source, as dates can be modified.

What is the estimated value of this tender?

The estimated value published by the buyer is €10,000,000,000.

Who is the buyer of this tender?

The contracting authority is European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (European Union).