Initiative overview
InvestAI aims to strengthen Europe’s AI capacity by supporting the development of large‑scale computing infrastructure through publicly funded and co‑financed AI gigafactories. These facilities are designed to enable open and collaborative development of advanced AI models and to ensure that companies and researchers of all sizes can access high‑performance computing resources. The initiative is implemented as a public‑private partnership, using EU funding to reduce risk for other investors through a layered fund structure combining grants and equity.
Initial funding comes from existing EU programmes with a digital component, including Horizon Europe, the Digital Europe Programme and InvestEU, with additional contributions possible from Member States. InvestAI builds on the existing AI Factories programme and forms part of a broader set of EU actions to support AI innovation, including funding for generative AI research, skills development, data spaces and measures to accelerate the adoption of AI across industry and the public sector.
