EU holds just 5% of global AI compute vs 75% for US, warned of becoming a rule-taker
NinaDSchick · x · 2026-09-15
AI author Nina Schick argues Europe spent years congratulating itself on writing 'rules for AI' while failing to build capacity — and now must bargain for access to frontier intelligence on others' terms, as it did with defence for decades. Key data: the EU holds a mere 5% of global AI compute (China 15%, US 75%), a gap that opened only in the last three years and will compound, plus just 2.1 GW of AI data center capacity. The irony: the EU warned Britain during Brexit that leaving would make it 'a rule-taker instead of a rule-maker' — now it applies to the EU itself.
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