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

    European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking

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

    1. Competition notice published

      Jul 29, 5:09 AMJuly 29, 2026 5:09 AM

    2. Questions deadline

      Nov 4, 10:59 PMNovember 4, 2026 10:59 PM

    3. Tender submission deadline

      Nov 12, 3:00 PMNovember 12, 2026 3:00 PM

    4. Opening date

      Nov 13, 2:00 PMNovember 13, 2026 2:00 PM

    5. Tender validity period

      May 12, 2:00 PMMay 12, 2027 2:00 PM

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    Tender search/European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking/Call for Tenders for the selection of Artificial Intelligence Gigafactory Consortia and the establishment of AI Gigafactories
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    The European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking needs services for the selection of Artificial Intelligence Gigafactory (AIGF) Consortia and the establishment and operation of AI Gigafactories, from which the Contracting Parties will acquire AI compute access time, over 78 months with a maximum total value of 10,000,000,000 EUR. An AIGF is a state-of-the-art large-scale facility with sufficient capacity to handle the complete lifecycle of very large AI models and applications, providing a supercomputing service infrastructure composed of AI-optimised computing capacity, supporting data centre infrastructure (including high-capacity storage and networking), dedicated secure cloud user access environments, and specialised secure AI-oriented support services, all supported by an environmentally sustainable infrastructure. The award criteria are quality and price.

    About the bid

      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 including high-capacity storage and networking, dedicated secure cloud user access environments, and specialised secure AI-oriented support services for its advanced operations, all of which are supported by an environmentally sustainable infrastructure, in particular for energy and water supply systems.

      Contact phone
      +32 2 299 11 11
      Contact email
      GIGAFACTORIES@eurohpc-ju.europa.eu
      Address
      12, Rue Guillaume Kroll, Technopolis Building - Wing E, L-2920 Luxembourg

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    Contracting authority
    European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking
    Title
    Call for Tenders for the selection of Artificial Intelligence Gigafactory Consortia and the establishment of AI Gigafactories
    Type
    CompetitionFramework agreementPrequalification
    Main code
    72500000Computer-related services
    Supplemental codes
    72211000Programming services of systems and user software72310000Data-processing services72317000Data storage services72416000Application service providers
    Estimated value
    €10,000,000,000.00
    Duration
    78 months

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