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  • Publication 15 July 2025

Commission proposes EuroHPC amendment for Gigafactories and Quantum Pillar

The European Commission has adopted a proposal to amend the EuroHPC Regulation to support the creation of AI Gigafactories and a dedicated Quantum Pillar under the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU).

Picture of the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking headquarters

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The amendment sets out EU support to the establishment of ultra-scale AI Gigafactories - world-class compute infrastructure designed to develop, train and run the next generation of very large AI models, supporting the objectives of the AI Continent Action Plan

The proposal also introduces a dedicated Quantum Pillar, as a first action of the Quantum Europe Strategy published on 2 July 2025.

Next steps

The proposal will now undergo the legislative consultation procedure in the Council, with the European Parliament providing its opinion.

More information available on the EuroHPC webpage.

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Council Regulation on amending Council Regulation on establishing the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking
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