What are they and who pays for them? A guide to AI Gigafactories
Portugal and Spain have joined forces in an Iberian bid to try to win one of the five AI Gigafactories the European Commission wants to support. But what exactly are these facilities for?
“Gigafactory” was the name chosen by the European Commission for a huge data centre designed for artificial intelligence (AI).
The European Commission defines an AI Gigafactory as a data centre housing more than 100,000 highly advanced processors.
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AI translation from the Portuguese. First published in ECO on 4 May 2026.