Barcelona has become one of the seven cities chosen to host an Artificial Intelligence Factory (AI Factory) in Europe, an innovative project that will position the city as a benchmark in the development of these disruptive technologies. The European Commission approved the project this Tuesday, which will be led by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS) and is set to launch in 2025, with the goal of being fully operational by the end of that same year.

This ambitious project has a total investment of €174.09 million, primarily funded by the Government of Spain, the Generalitat of Catalonia, and the European Commission. The Generalitat will contribute €14 million, while the Government of Spain, through the Ministry of Digital Transformation and the Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities, will provide €61.76 million. An additional €98.33 million will come from the European Commission, which will oversee the European high-performance supercomputer network driving the creation of AI Factories.