{
  "id": 11302959,
  "title": "Artificial Intelligence: French Supercomputer Manufacturer Doubles Production",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/kunstliche-intelligenz-franzosischer-supercomputer-bauer-verdoppelt",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-01T23:12:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/technik/ki/kuenstliche-intelligenz-franzoesischer-supercomputer-bauer-verdoppelt-produktion/100259140.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Bull AI, a French supercomputer manufacturer, has doubled its production capacity for European AI projects. The company reopened an expanded factory in Angers, western France, which will increase production from six to twelve server racks per month, with the potential to rise to 24 units next year if demand continues. The 80 million euro expansion makes it the only supercomputer-specialized factory in Europe. Bull AI has won 15 out of 18 EU EuroHPC tenders this year, including a 387.8 million euro order for a high-performance AI computer for a data center in Finland. The computer is expected to start operating in the second half of 2027.",
  "summary": "The demand for high-performance computers is increasing significantly, also thanks to multi-billion euro investments from the EU. The French manufacturer Bull AI is benefiting from numerous large orders.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/kunstliche-intelligenz-deutschlands-jungste-ki-professorin-raumt-mit",
        "published": "2026-09-28T12:45:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}