EU Funding & Tenders Portal · DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI-GFP

AI compute evaluation and deployment platform for EU infrastructure

Code

DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI-GFP

Programme

Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL)

Status

Open

Opens

2026-07-07

Deadline

2026-12-01 (43 days left; time on the official page)

Budget

70 000 000 €

Grant size

50 000 000 € – 70 000 000 €

Key dates

1. 2026-07-07Opens
2. 2026-12-01Deadline

Eligibility check

No verified eligibility rules for this call yet. See the official guidelines.

Description

Expected Outcome:

The expected outcomes of this topic are :

A common EU evaluation platform for AI chips and racks, with transparent KPIs, workloads and benchmark reports used for Chips JU selection and procurement decisions.

First pilot deployments of European AI compute systems validated for EU sovereign partitions of AI infrastructure.

Structured collaboration between buyers and suppliers, supporting deployment, integration and optimisation of European AI compute solutions.

Stronger EU demand for European AI chips and racks, helping to create a market for deployment-ready solutions.

Increased EU technological sovereignty across the AI compute stack for European datacentres.

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