Lithuania's economy and innovation ministry has joined the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC) initiative to build artificial intelligence (AI) gigafactories, submitting a joint proposal with Poland's digital affairs ministry to establish one of Europe's most advanced AI computing facilities, the ministry said on July 8.
AI gigafactories are a flagship initiative of the European Commission and EuroHPC to develop next-generation large-scale AI computing infrastructure across Europe. The EU plans to co-finance up to five facilities. Lithuania's and Poland's investment will proceed if a Polish business-led consortium secures European funding.
Economy and Innovation Minister Edvinas Griksas signed the joint procurement agreement on July 7, 2026.
"Investing in artificial intelligence means investing in the competitiveness and security of the entire region. Lithuania and Poland are demonstrating that, by working together, smaller European countries can become an important centre for AI development. We want the Lithuanian and Polish AI ecosystems to operate as one and compete globally," Griksas said.
The partnership follows a memorandum of understanding signed by the Lithuanian economy ministry and Poland's digital affairs ministry on 26 January 2026 covering cooperation on AI, including infrastructure. The agreement allows both countries to participate in the joint procurement process and access services developed by industry and research partners to meet regional needs.
Participation in the initiative will give Lithuanian institutions access to world-class AI computing capacity and related services, including pre-configured computing environments, specialised AI models and data services. The project will complement Lithuania's planned LitAI AI factory in Vilnius, linking national and regional AI infrastructure into a single ecosystem.
The first European AI gigafactories are expected to enter operation in 2028. The facilities will be financed, built and operated by private-sector consortia selected through the EuroHPC procurement process.
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