The "Artificial Intelligence Innovation Park" located in Heilbronn, Baden-W ü rttemberg, Germany, has recently been launched. The park has a total investment of billions of euros and is the largest and most fully planned artificial intelligence industry cluster in Germany to date. According to the plan, the "Artificial Intelligence Innovation Park" will focus on industrial artificial intelligence, intelligent manufacturing, autonomous driving, smart logistics, artificial intelligence ethics and safety, aiming to create the largest artificial intelligence innovation highland in Europe.
Multiple European think tanks and industry reports have pointed out that currently, the EU has not demonstrated the advantages it should have in key dimensions such as the scale of artificial intelligence computing power, industrial investment, and engineering capabilities. European artificial intelligence cannot remain in the role of a "follower", but needs to enhance technological autonomy, promote the intelligent upgrading of manufacturing, and strengthen the global competitiveness of artificial intelligence through strengthening institutional innovation, industrial integration, public governance capabilities, etc.
In recent years, the European Union has introduced multiple measures to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence. In April 2025, the European Union launched the "Artificial Intelligence Continental Action Plan". This plan will promote the construction of large-scale artificial intelligence data and computing infrastructure, broaden channels for obtaining high-quality data, develop algorithms, and promote the adoption of artificial intelligence in EU strategic sectors. Hannah Verkunin, Executive Vice President of the European Commission responsible for matters such as technological sovereignty, stated in a statement that an important measure of the action plan is to minimize the regulatory burden on relevant industries as much as possible. In October of the same year, the European Commission released two strategies, "Application of Artificial Intelligence" and "Artificial Intelligence in Science", to accelerate the application of artificial intelligence in the industrial and scientific fields. The "Application of Artificial Intelligence" strategy aims to leverage the transformative potential of artificial intelligence, covering fields such as healthcare and pharmaceuticals, energy, manufacturing, defense, and communications; The "Artificial Intelligence in Science" strategy positions the European Union as an AI driven center for scientific innovation, with the core being the use of virtual research institutes to gather and coordinate AI resources and apply them to scientific research.
At the specific national development level, Germany identified the development of artificial intelligence as a national strategy in 2018. The German government is collaborating with multiple departments to implement this strategy, emphasizing "people-oriented" and responsible application of artificial intelligence, and promoting the deep integration of artificial intelligence and manufacturing industry. A data center expansion strategy plan recently announced by the German government proposes that by 2030, the computing power of Germany's general data centers will at least double from 2025, with dedicated computing power for artificial intelligence increasing by at least four times by 2025, aiming to meet the rapidly growing data processing demand due to AI applications, cloud services, and digitalization processes.
Italy has been an early promoter of national legislation on artificial intelligence, strengthening the regulation and management of high-risk AI applications. At the same time, it has established special funds and policy tools to support the application of artificial intelligence in manufacturing, transportation, public services, and other fields. France has outstanding advantages in fundamental fields such as algorithms and data science. Its development of artificial intelligence emphasizes both long-term investment and public governance, and seeks a balance between innovation vitality, technological sovereignty, and ethical norms.
