Europe
European Commission Awards Large AI Grand Challenge Prizes to European AI Startups and SMEs
June 27, 2024 -- The European Commission announced the winners of the Large AI Grand Challenge: four innovative AI start-ups from Europe will share the prize of €1 million ...Full Article
Trust Me, I’m Smart: HPC and Government Regulation in the Coming AI Age
Stephen Hawking famously said that "success in creating effective AI could be the biggest event in the history of our civilization, but unless we learn how to prepare for ...Full Article
Europe’s AI Act Would Regulate Tech Globally
The Artificial Intelligence Act was introduced to the European Union in April 2021, and is rapidly progressing through comment periods and rewrites. When it goes into effect, which experts ...Full Article
Intel Invests €33B in Europe’s Semiconductor Supply Chain
Intel has announced that it is making an “initial” €33 billion (~$36 billion) investment across the semiconductor value chain in Europe. The investment — which spans R&D, manufacturing and ...Full Article
BSC Presents Plan to Energize Europe’s Big Data Efforts
Researchers from the Barcelona Supercomputer Center today presented the big data roadmap commissioned by the EU as part of the RETHINK big project intended to identify technology goals, obstacles ...Full Article
Stormy Seas Ahead for Safe Harbor Users
When Europe's top court declared the Safe Harbor data-transfer agreement invalid, it should not have come as a surprise to those who follow the continent's privacy rulings. But now ...Full Article
Pan-European Datacenter Research Project Commences
The European Commission has awarded 1.7 million Euros (US$2.26 million) to a datacenter-focused R&D initiative. Full Article
Clean Energy Conundrum: In Europe, Regulations Have Helped Create a “Golden Age Of Coal.”
EU Regulations intended to shift utilities from fossil fuels to renewable energy are having the reverse effect. As America shifts to natural gas, European coal prices drop, and utilities ...Full Article
European Data Center Operator Switch Datacenters Opens Incubator To Test Energy-Efficient Technology
Amsterdam-based Switch Datacenters announced on Monday that it has opened an incubator that it will use to test and deploy energy-efficient data center technologies. Hardware that passes its testing ...Full Article
