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Cyfronet inaugurates Gaia AI supercomputer in Kraków, EU and Poland fund it

Cyfronet AGH inaugurated the Gaia AI Factory in Kraków, a roughly EUR 70 million system with over 1,000 GPU accelerators, funded equally by Poland's government and the EU's EuroHPC Joint Undertaking; full operation is due in 2027.

Verified Cyfronet AGH press release, 12 May 2026

What it does not test. This does not establish the nationality of the GPU hardware supplier, which the release does not name.

How this item counts. Towards autonomy: it changes who owns, who operates. Binding 2 of 3 (agreed or funded), scale 1 of 3 (small), Verified counts in full: weight +4 of 36 possible. EUR70m EU/Poland-funded HPC inaugurated in Kraków, European-owned & operated; full ops 2027. European Sovereignty Index

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