Works in Progress Editor Warns Europe's AI Infrastructure Severely Lags Behind US

Works in Progress editor Simon Grimm warned that Europe has lagged behind the US for the past 30 years, and this gap could widen sharply with AI development. He noted that Europe needs to achieve growth while advancing its AI capabilities, but it is currently not on the right track, and the lagging situation may worsen further. Grimm stated that the world is undergoing one of the costliest infrastructure expansions in history, yet Europe has seen almost no major data center projects materialize, which is somewhat puzzling. AI companies are urgently seeking locations to build data centers, but few projects are advancing in Europe. He believes the problem largely lies on the supply side, as Europe's conditions are relatively worse, making such construction difficult to occur.