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Europe's AI Gigafactory Programme Falls Behind Schedule as Global Investment Gap Widens. The EU's EUR20 billion plan to establish a network of large-scale AI gigafactories is mired in delays and funding uncertainty, even as SoftBank alone commits EUR75 billion to French AI data centres, dwarfing the entire European programme in a single private investment. The gap in execution is reflected in the underlying numbers, with European organisations producing just three major AI models in 2024 against 40 in the US and 15 in China, underscoring how far the bloc trails its rivals despite strong industry demand signalled by 77 expressions of interest from across 16 member states. For technology and electronics businesses with European exposure, the delay is a material strategic risk, as the absence of sovereign AI compute infrastructure threatens to entrench Europe's dependence on US and Chinese AI ecosystems for years to come. #TheSource #ReboundElectronics #Europe #AI #Gigafactory #SoftBank #DataCentres #ElectronicsNews #Computing #TechUpdates