AI compute evaluation and deployment platform for EU infrastructure
Open
This is the status published by the official source.
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.
- Status
- Open
- Deadline
- (time not stated)
- Opens
- Published
- Total budget
- €70,000,000
- Grant range
- €50,000,000 – €70,000,000
- Country
- European Union (EU-wide)
- Programme
- Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL)
- Funder
- European Commission
- Official page
- Open at the source portal
What applying involves
10 steps, all of them taken from this call's own documents.
Understand the call
- Read the call on the source portal and download its documents
- Write the proposal against the award criteria and thresholds standard for this programme
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standard for this programme
Please refer to the call documents section on the Chips JU website's Call page to view and download all required documents and templates. Specific Call Documents Ownership Control Declaration form template National Budgets Table template (xls) Guide for applicants - DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI-GfP Template of Application Form - DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI-GfP Template of Evaluation Form - DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI-GfP General Call Documents Chips JU Multiannual Work Programme … — conditions §6
- Check the amount you plan to request against the call's range
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- Check every partner is established in an eligible country standard for this programme
- Meet the call's other eligibility conditions standard for this programme
- Be able to show financial and operational capacity standard for this programme
Prepare the documents
- Prepare Part B of the Application Form standard for this programme
Submit
- Check the submission and evaluation process standard for this programme
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Submit before the closing date shown above
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Where this came from
- Source document
- https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/data/topicDetails/digital-ju-chips-2026-ai-gfp.json
- Document fingerprint
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- First recorded here
What has changed
- deadline changed from 2026-09-23 to 2026-10-27 on
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Data source
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