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Technology · 17 September 2026

Europe has 5% of the world's AI computing power

Europe has 5% of the world's AI computing power

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Sixty European experts, including Nobel economist Philippe Aghion and former competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager, published a 200 page strategy on Monday warning the continent is losing control of AI. Europe runs about 5% of the world's AI computing capacity against America's 75%. They want €100bn of public money to treble that by 2030, and an alliance built around ASML's grip on chipmaking machines.

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