Bull Doubles Output at Europe's Only Supercomputer Factory
Bull Doubles Output at Europe's Only Supercomputer Factory Update, Oct. 2: One figure in this story has moved since publication. Reuters' updated reporting (October 2) says Bull told the wire the widely reported ~€100 million value of its five-year Airbus supercomputer deal "was not correct" — while declining to disclose the correct figure. Until Bull confirms a number, treat the Airbus deal value as unverified rather than €100 million. There is exactly one factory in Europe that builds supercomputers, and it now has to feed a continent. On Thursday, France's state-owned Bull reopened its expanded plant in Angers, doubling output to twelve racks a month — Europe's most direct answer yet to America's half-trillion-dollar AI infrastructure binge . Europe, in other words, has finally started treating compute the way it treats energy and wheat: as sovereignty. The uncomfortable question hanging over the ribbon-cutting is whether a doubled factory in the L...