DIGITAL EUROPE – DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI-GFP – 2026

Objectives

• To establish 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
• To deliver first pilot deployments of European AI compute systems validated for EU sovereign partitions of AI infrastructure
• To structure collaboration between buyers and suppliers, supporting deployment, integration and optimisation of European AI compute solutions
• To increase EU technological sovereignty across the AI compute stack for European datacentres

Eligibility

• Be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• Be established in one of the eligible countries:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
  • Non-EU countries : listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme (list of participating countries)
• Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register before submitting the proposal.
• A consortium of beneficiaries from at least three different Member States or EEA countries must be constituted.

Additional information

• Contact: calls@chips-ju.europa.eu

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
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• Total budget of the call: 70 million euros
• Amount of the grant: arounf 70 million euros
• Funding rate: up to 50% of the total eligible costs