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EU receives 76 bids for AI Gigafactory sites, Commissioner says

European Commissioner Henna Virkkunen said the EU received 76 bids to host AI Gigafactories across 16 member states and 60 sites, with bidders proposing to buy at least 3 million advanced GPUs.

Reported Editor-read Reuters (syndicated), 30 June 2025

What it does not test. Does not establish which bids, if any, the Commission will select or fund.

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