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Slovenia breaks ground on ARNES national data centre and AI factory

Slovenia broke ground on a EUR 18 million ARNES data centre in Maribor on 6 May 2025. Run by public network ARNES, it will house the country's new national supercomputer and AI factory, part of a EUR 150 million EU co-funded project replacing Vega.

Verified AI-drafted Government of Slovenia (gov.si) press release, 6 May 2025

What it does not test. The groundbreaking does not establish that the supercomputer hardware has been procured or that the facility is operating.

How this item counts. This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the European Sovereignty Index.

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