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Can Europe close the AI gap with the US and China?

Europe's AI infrastructure crisis: power constraints are killing data center growth while the US and China race ahead.

Reporting by Financial Times Technology 1 min brief
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Why it matters

Europe faces a structural competitive disadvantage in AI—not just in models, but in the physical infrastructure (power, data centers) needed to train and deploy them at scale. This isn't a regulatory story; it's an economic one that will shape which regions dominate AI for the next decade.

The key facts

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  1. European data center growth constrained by power availability

  2. New company emerging to address power constraints in European AI infrastructure

  3. Competitive gap widening between EU, US, and China in AI infrastructure capacity

  4. Published May 2026 (future date—article context suggests strategic/policy discussion rather than breaking news)

  5. Article references Europe's AI competitive position vs US and China

  6. Power constraints identified as critical blocker for European data center growth

  7. New company emerging to address energy infrastructure challenge

  8. Policy/strategic implications for European AI sovereignty

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Publisher excerpt: Also in today’s newsletter: a new company seeks to tackle the power constraints on European data centre growth
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