{
  "report": "EU AI Infrastructure and Compute Capacity Report 2026",
  "version": "1.0",
  "publishDate": "2026-04-23",
  "accessDate": "2026-04-23",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "indicators": [
    { "id": 1, "metric": "AWS public cloud regions in EU member states", "value": 6, "unit": "count", "geo": "EU", "year": 2026, "source": "AWS", "url": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/instancetypes/ec2-instance-regions.html", "confidence": "High" },
    { "id": 2, "metric": "Azure public regions in EU member states", "value": 13, "unit": "count", "geo": "EU", "year": 2026, "source": "Microsoft Learn", "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/regions-list", "confidence": "High" },
    { "id": 3, "metric": "Azure Foundry project regions in EU member states", "value": 7, "unit": "count", "geo": "EU", "year": 2026, "source": "Microsoft Learn", "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/reference/region-support", "confidence": "High" },
    { "id": 4, "metric": "Google Cloud regions in EU member states", "value": 11, "unit": "count", "geo": "EU", "year": 2026, "source": "Google Cloud", "url": "https://cloud.google.com/about/locations", "confidence": "High" },
    { "id": 5, "metric": "Google Cloud documented H100 limited-capacity location in EU", "value": "Belgium (europe-west1)", "unit": "region", "geo": "EU", "year": 2026, "source": "Google Cloud", "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/regions-zones/gpu-regions-zones", "confidence": "High" },
    { "id": 6, "metric": "AWS highest documented EU training-class accelerator exposure", "value": "Stockholm and Spain", "unit": "qualitative", "geo": "EU", "year": 2026, "source": "AWS", "url": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/latest/instancetypes/ec2-instance-regions.html", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "id": 7, "metric": "EuroHPC total budget", "value": 7, "unit": "EUR_bn", "geo": "Europe", "year": "2021-2027", "source": "European Commission", "url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/european-high-performance-computing-joint-undertaking", "confidence": "High" },
    { "id": 8, "metric": "EuroHPC supercomputers", "value": 14, "unit": "count", "geo": "Europe", "year": 2026, "source": "EuroHPC JU", "url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/", "confidence": "High" },
    { "id": 9, "metric": "EuroHPC AI Factories", "value": 19, "unit": "count", "geo": "Europe", "year": 2026, "source": "EuroHPC JU", "url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/", "confidence": "High" },
    { "id": 10, "metric": "EuroHPC quantum computers", "value": 10, "unit": "count", "geo": "Europe", "year": 2026, "source": "EuroHPC JU", "url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/", "confidence": "High" },
    { "id": 11, "metric": "EuroHPC participating states", "value": 38, "unit": "count", "geo": "Europe", "year": 2026, "source": "EuroHPC JU", "url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/", "confidence": "High" },
    { "id": 12, "metric": "AI Gigafactory expressions of interest", "value": 76, "unit": "count", "geo": "EU", "year": 2025, "source": "EuroHPC JU", "url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/ai-gigafactories/ai-gigafactories-consultations_en", "confidence": "High" },
    { "id": 13, "metric": "AI Gigafactory member states represented", "value": 16, "unit": "count", "geo": "EU", "year": 2025, "source": "EuroHPC JU", "url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/ai-gigafactories/ai-gigafactories-consultations_en", "confidence": "High" },
    { "id": 14, "metric": "AI Gigafactory candidate sites", "value": 60, "unit": "count", "geo": "EU", "year": 2025, "source": "EuroHPC JU", "url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/ai-gigafactories/ai-gigafactories-consultations_en", "confidence": "High" },
    { "id": 15, "metric": "FLAP-D live colocation capacity", "value": 3.6, "unit": "GW", "geo": "Europe", "year": 2025, "source": "JLL", "url": "https://www.jll.com/en-uk/insights/emea-data-centre-report", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "id": 16, "metric": "FLAP-D live capacity 2019 baseline", "value": 1.8, "unit": "GW", "geo": "Europe", "year": 2019, "source": "JLL", "url": "https://www.jll.com/en-uk/insights/emea-data-centre-report", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "id": 17, "metric": "Europe new colocation supply forecast 2025", "value": 871, "unit": "MW", "geo": "Europe", "year": 2025, "source": "CBRE", "url": "https://mediaassets.cbre.com/-/media/project/cbre/shared-site/insights/figures/European-Data-Centres-Figures-Q3-2025/European-Data-Centres-Figures-Q3-2025", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "id": 18, "metric": "Europe vacancy forecast 2025", "value": 7.8, "unit": "percent", "geo": "Europe", "year": 2025, "source": "CBRE", "url": "https://mediaassets.cbre.com/-/media/project/cbre/shared-site/insights/figures/European-Data-Centres-Figures-Q3-2025/European-Data-Centres-Figures-Q3-2025", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "id": 19, "metric": "Europe vacancy forecast 2026", "value": 6.5, "unit": "percent", "geo": "Europe", "year": 2026, "source": "CBRE", "url": "https://www.cbre.com/insights/books/european-real-estate-market-outlook-2026/data-centres", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "id": 20, "metric": "Ireland data-centre share of metered electricity 2024", "value": 22, "unit": "percent", "geo": "Ireland", "year": 2024, "source": "CSO Ireland", "url": "https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-dcmec/datacentresmeteredelectricityconsumption2024/keyfindings/", "confidence": "High" },
    { "id": 21, "metric": "EU enterprises using paid cloud services 2025", "value": 52.7, "unit": "percent", "geo": "EU", "year": 2025, "source": "Eurostat", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20260203-1", "confidence": "High" },
    { "id": 22, "metric": "EU enterprises using paid cloud services 2023 baseline", "value": 45.2, "unit": "percent", "geo": "EU", "year": 2023, "source": "Eurostat", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20260203-1", "confidence": "High" },
    { "id": 23, "metric": "EU enterprises using AI technologies 2025", "value": 20.0, "unit": "percent", "geo": "EU", "year": 2025, "source": "Eurostat", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20251211-2", "confidence": "High" },
    { "id": 24, "metric": "EU residents using generative AI tools 2025", "value": 32.7, "unit": "percent", "geo": "EU", "year": 2025, "source": "Eurostat", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news", "confidence": "High" },
    { "id": 25, "metric": "European local cloud-provider market share", "value": 15, "unit": "percent", "geo": "Europe", "year": 2025, "source": "Synergy Research Group", "url": "https://www.srgresearch.com/articles/european-cloud-providers-local-market-share-now-holds-steady-at-15", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "id": 26, "metric": "Top three hyperscaler combined market share", "value": 70, "unit": "percent", "geo": "Europe", "year": 2025, "source": "Synergy Research Group", "url": "https://www.srgresearch.com/articles/european-cloud-providers-local-market-share-now-holds-steady-at-15", "confidence": "Medium" },
    { "id": 27, "metric": "AWS European Sovereign Cloud GA launch", "value": "2026-01", "unit": "date", "geo": "EU", "year": 2026, "source": "AWS", "url": "https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/the-aws-european-sovereign-cloud-is-now-available/", "confidence": "High" },
    { "id": 28, "metric": "AWS European Sovereign Cloud investment", "value": 7.8, "unit": "EUR_bn", "geo": "EU", "year": 2024, "source": "AWS", "url": "https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/aws-european-sovereign-cloud-investment/", "confidence": "High" },
    { "id": 29, "metric": "AI Act entry into force", "value": "2024-08-01", "unit": "date", "geo": "EU", "year": 2024, "source": "European Commission", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj", "confidence": "High" },
    { "id": 30, "metric": "AI Act GPAI obligations applicability date", "value": "2025-08-02", "unit": "date", "geo": "EU", "year": 2025, "source": "European Commission", "url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/ai-act", "confidence": "High" },
    { "id": 31, "metric": "Data Act applicability date", "value": "2025-09-12", "unit": "date", "geo": "EU", "year": 2025, "source": "European Commission", "url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/data-act", "confidence": "High" },
    { "id": 32, "metric": "NIS2 implementing regulation for cloud and data centres", "value": "2024-10-18", "unit": "date", "geo": "EU", "year": 2024, "source": "EUR-Lex", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R2690", "confidence": "High" }
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