EU accused of wasting billions on AI data centers with no customers
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“The EU’s plan to spend over €20 billion ($23.5 billion) on AI gigafactories”
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Multiple independent sources (The Guardian, RT, and LinkedIn/AI Action Summit reports) confirm the EU's plan to spend €20 billion on AI gigafactories.
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— The Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) is a European Union regulation concerning artificial intelligence (AI). It establishes a common regulatory and legal framework for AI within the European Union…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_Act
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— The European Artificial Intelligence Office (also known as the EU AI Office or AI Office) is a European Union office established within the European Commission that supports the implementation of the …
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— Regulation of artificial intelligence is the development of public sector policies and laws for promoting and regulating artificial intelligence (AI). The regulatory and policy landscape for AI is an …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_artificial_intel…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_artificial_intel…
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“European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen first outlined the plan in February 2025”
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The claim that Ursula von der Leyen outlined the plan in February 2025 is reported by RT and supported by reports of her address at the AI Action Summit in Paris in February 2025.
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— The AI Safety Summit 2023 was an international conference on the safety and regulation of artificial intelligence. Organized by the British government, it was held in November 2023 at Bletchley Park, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_Safety_Summit_2023
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_Safety_Summit_2023
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— The Draghi report is a 2024 report on European economic competitiveness and the future of the European Union. Authored by former ECB president and former Prime Minister of Italy Mario Draghi, it was o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draghi_report
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draghi_report
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— The second von der Leyen Commission is the current European Commission, in office since 1 December 2024. It consists of one commissioner from each of the member states of the European Union – includin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_der_Leyen_Commission_II
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_der_Leyen_Commission_II
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“It involves building four or five mega facilities with a formal call for proposals set for this spring.”
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The specific detail about 'four or five mega facilities' and a 'formal call for proposals set for this spring' appears only in the RT source. Other sources mention the €20bn investment but not these specific facility counts or timelines.
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— "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈaj sj ˈew tʃi ˈpɛɡu]; transl. Oh, If I Catch You) is a 2008 song originally produced by Sharon Acioly and Antônio Dyggs. Although the first v…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Se_Eu_Te_Pego
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Se_Eu_Te_Pego
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— The Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) is a European Union regulation concerning artificial intelligence (AI). It establishes a common regulatory and legal framework for AI within the European Union…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_Act
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— The European Artificial Intelligence Office (also known as the EU AI Office or AI Office) is a European Union office established within the European Commission that supports the implementation of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Artificial_Intelligen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Artificial_Intelligen…
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“Europe has only one AI company capable of using such infrastructure – the French startup Mistral”
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The claim that Mistral is the *only* company capable of using such infrastructure is not corroborated by other sources; while Mistral is cited as a prominent developer, no source confirms it is the sole capable entity.
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— The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit (French: Sommet pour l'action sur l'intelligence artificielle or Sommet pour l'action sur l'IA, SAIA) was held at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, from…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_Action_Summit_2025
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_Action_Summit_2025
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— Open-source artificial intelligence, as defined by the Open Source Initiative, is an AI system that is freely available to use, study, modify, and share. This includes datasets used to train the model…
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— OpenAI Global, LLC is an American artificial intelligence (AI) research organization consisting of a for-profit public benefit corporation (PBC) and a nonprofit foundation, headquartered in San Franci…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI
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“Mistral... is already building its own data centers.”
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Multiple sources confirm Mistral is building its own infrastructure, specifically citing an $830 million debt raise for a data center near Paris and a $1.2 billion investment in Sweden.
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— Mistral AI claimed in the Mistral 7B release blog post that the model outperforms LLaMA 2 13B on all benchmarks tested, and is on par with LLaMA 34B on many benchmarks tested,[63] despite having only …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistral_AI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistral_AI
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— Mistral AI secured $830 million in debt to build a 44-megawatt data center near Paris with 13,800 Nvidia GPUs. The French startup's first debt raise marks a shift from renting cloud compute to owning …
https://www.implicator.ai/mistral-borrows-830-million-to-bui…
https://www.implicator.ai/mistral-borrows-830-million-to-bui…
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— Mistral AI, a French startup trying to build a European alternative to OpenAI, has secured its first debt financing of $830 million for a data center project outside of Paris...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-30/ai-startu…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-30/ai-startu…
“Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft reportedly plan to spend a combined $725 billion this year on AI infrastructure.”
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— Alphabet is about businesses prospering through strong leaders and independence. In general, our model is to have a strong CEO who runs each business, with Sergey and me in service to them as needed. …
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— 5 days ago · Additional Information Email Alerts View All News Alphabet Announces First Quarter 2026 Results April 29, 2026 2026 Q1 Alphabet Earnings Release PDF(opens in new window) View All News
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— January 8, 2026 Alphabet Announces Date of Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Results Conference Call December 22, 2025 Alphabet Announces Agreement to Acquire Intersect to Advance U.S. Ene…
https://abc.xyz/investor/
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“Gary Marcus, a professor emeritus at New York University”
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Multiple professional bios and speaker profiles explicitly identify Gary Marcus as Professor Emeritus at New York University (NYU).
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— GARY MARCUS is a leading voice in artificial intelligence. He is a scientist, best-selling author, and serial entrepreneur (Founder of Robust.AI and Geometric.AI, acquired by Uber).
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— Dr. Gary Marcus. Professor Emeritus, New York University.GARY MARCUS is a leading voice in artificial intelligence. He is a scientist, best-selling author, and serial entrepreneur (Founder of Robust.A…
https://fedsoc.org/bio/gary-marcus
https://fedsoc.org/bio/gary-marcus
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— GARY MARCUS. AI Expert, Scientist & Author | Professor Emeritus, NYU. About Me. Gary Marcus is a leading voice in artificial intelligence, well-known for his challenges to contemporary AI and his advo…
https://www.futureinreview.com/gary-marcus-bio
https://www.futureinreview.com/gary-marcus-bio
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