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No data centres, no AI champions

AI sits at the top of the executive agenda, promising productivity gains, new business models, and new competitive advantages. But while leaders see AI as both their greatest opportunity and their greatest concern, the resulting infrastructural race doesn’t get enough attention. Data centre capacity, the invisible engine powering AI, is expanding far more slowly in Europe than elsewhere. That widening gap may put Europe's future competitiveness at risk, worries Wim Steenbakkers, ING's head of technology finance (EMEA).

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No data centres, no AI champions

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