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Behind the announcement of the AION consortium and its ambition to build European AI Gigafactories lies not merely a collaboration but a strategic battle for control over computing power—the true fuel of the AI economy. Europe is set to publish its €10 billion call for proposals shortly. This is a major signal. Ardian, Artefact, Bull, Capgemini, EDF, Iliad Group, Orange, and Scaleway announce the creation of the AION consortium to submit a French bid under the European AI Gigafactories program. Behind this announcement lies a much broader battle over control of the computing power that will fuel Europe’s AI economy. The continent’s economic sovereignty now hinges… on these players’ ability to compete with international giants. For European competitiveness will depend directly on access to massive, competitive, and sovereign computing capacity.…