In the global race to develop artificial intelligence (AI), Europe is investing heavily in its AI Factories program, which focuses on building specialized computing centers for AI research and development. Recently, six AI Factory projects were signed, including one in France. The latest addition involves Finland, where a new AI supercomputer called LUMI-AI will be deployed in the CSC data center in Kajaani by 2027. This will be the sixth AI-optimized supercomputer in Europe. The name and location are not random, as a current supercomputer named LUMI is already in the same data center. LUMI-AI represents the next generation of this system, offering significantly improved performance. The French technology company Bull, which recently became part of the French government after being acquired from Atos, has announced that LUMI-AI will have ten times the AI processing power and nearly double the high-performance computing (HPC) capacity of the existing LUMI. The project is a joint investment of 387.8 million euros by the EuroHPC initiative and a consortium of six European countries: Finland, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Norway, and Poland. Each country contributes equally to the funding. The supercomputer will support AI model training, inference, and scientific simulations, aiming to boost innovation and research across Europe. While AI will be a major focus, the system will also handle traditional high-performance computing tasks, such as large-scale scientific simulations that are vital for future research and industry advancements. LUMI-AI will be integrated with LUMI-IQ, a quantum computing system also located at the same data center. According to Anders Jensen, director of EuroHPC JU, the supercomputer will not only benefit large corporations but also small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and startups. Access to such powerful computing resources is expected to drive innovation, growth, and technological leadership across Europe. Kimmo Koski, director general of the Center for Science (CSC), emphasized that LUMI-AI, like the French AI supercomputer Lucy, will combine high-performance computing with quantum computing. The data center will also host LUMI-IQ, a quantum computer developed by IQM Quantum Computers, a Finnish company listed on the Nasdaq. The contract for LUMI-AI marks a major milestone for Bull, a key player in Europe’s supercomputing industry. Bull operates the only supercomputer factory in Europe, based in Angers, France. The 388 million euro contract from Finland is one of the largest in the company’s history, highlighting its growing role in the European AI and computing landscape. The supercomputer will be equipped with AMD Instinct MI430X accelerators, which are widely used in data centers and supercomputers. This order follows previous deals, including a 30 million euro contract with Sweden and the launch of the Jupiter supercomputer in Germany in 2025. While Europe is striving for greater self-sufficiency in technology, the need for advanced semiconductor components has required the procurement of U.S.-made chips for this project.