Call for Tenders for the selection of Artificial Intelligence Gigafactory Consortia and the establishment of AI Gigafactories
Procedure identifier: EUROHPC/2026/OP/0008
Submission method: Electronic
Status: Open For Submission
Description: The overall objective of this Call is the selection of Artificial Intelligence Gigafactory (AIGF) Consortia, which will establish and operate the AIGFs and from which the Contracting Parties will acquire AI compute access time. More in detail, the specific objectives of this Call are as follows: - Selection of AIGF Consortia: Following a rigorous evaluation of the tenders by the EuroHPC JU with the support of independent experts, the Governing Board will make an award decision, establishing a ranked list of successful AIGF Consortia. - Procurement of Compute Access Time: To establish a framework for the joint acquisition of a guaranteed share of AI compute access time from the selected AIGF Consortia, formalised through the signature of a Framework Contract and a number of subsequent Specific Contracts with the successful AIGF Consortia. AIGF refers to state-of-the-art large-scale facility with sufficient capacity to handle the complete lifecycle, from development to large-scale inference, of very large AI models and applications, providing a supercomputing service infrastructure which is composed of AI-optimised computing capacity, a supporting data centre infrastructure including high-capacity storage and networking, dedicated secure cloud user access environments, and specialised secure AI-oriented support services for its advanced operations, all of which are supported by an environmentally sustainable infrastructure, in particular for energy and water supply systems.
Procedure type: Open procedure
Estimated total value: 10000000000 EUR
TED publication date: 30/07/2026
Lead contracting authority: European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking
Main classification (CPV): 72500000 - Computer-related services
Lots:
Lot 1
Title: Call for Tenders for the selection of Artificial Intelligence Gigafactory Consortia and the establishment of Medium-Scale AI Gigafactories
Description: This lot targets the establishment of 4 awarded consortia capable of deploying a medium-scale AI Gigafactory project each. More in detail, the specific objectives of this Call are as follows: - Selection of AIGF Consortia: Following a rigorous evaluation of the tenders by the EuroHPC JU with the support of independent experts, the Governing Board will make an award decision, establishing a ranked list of successful AIGF Consortia. - Procurement of Compute Access Time: To establish a framework for the joint acquisition of a guaranteed share of AI compute access time from the selected AIGF Consortia, formalised through the signature of a Framework Contract and a number of subsequent Specific Contracts with the successful AIGF Consortia. AIGF refers to state-of-the-art large-scale facility with sufficient capacity to handle the complete lifecycle, from development to large-scale inference, of very large AI models and applications, providing a supercomputing service infrastructure which is composed of AI-optimised computing capacity, a supporting data centre infrastructure including high-capacity storage and networking, dedicated secure cloud user access environments, and specialised secure AI-oriented support services for its advanced operations, all of which are supported by an environmentally sustainable infrastructure, in particular for energy and water supply systems.
Nature of the contract: services
Maximum contract duration: 78 MONTH
Award method: best price-quality ratio
Estimated value: 4000000000 EUR
Lead contracting authority: European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking
Framework agreement: framework agreement, without reopening of competition
Main classification (CPV): 72500000 - Computer-related services
Additional classification (CPV):
- 72211000 - Programming services of systems and user software
- 72310000 - Data-processing services
- 72317000 - Data storage services
- 72416000 - Application service providers
Milestones:
- TED publication date: 30/07/2026
- Date and time of public opening: 13/11/2026 15:00 Europe/Luxembourg
- Deadline for receipt of tenders: 12/11/2026 16:00 Europe/Luxembourg
- Contracting authority is not bound to reply to questions submitted after: 04/11/2026 23:59 Europe/Luxembourg
Documents:
- EN-Invitation to tender EUROHPC2026OP0008 AI Gigafactories
- Annex 1 - Application Form
- Annex 2
- Annex 3 - Model Framework Contract