Foxconn announced a strategic collaboration with Bull to manufacture AI and cloud infrastructure in Europe, with an...

Foxconn announced a strategic collaboration with Bull to manufacture AI and cloud infrastructure in Europe, with an initial investment exceeding EUR 120 million (Digitimes, HPCWire). The partnership leverages Bull's AI system design and Foxconn's manufacturing scale, focusing on AI servers and systems for European AI factories and neo-cloud providers. Manufacturing will occur at Foxconn's Czech Republic facility and Bull's Angers factory in France. This move strengthens Foxconn's European footprint in AI infrastructure, aligning with sovereign AI initiatives and reducing dependency on external markets. The partnership underscores Foxconn's strategic expansion in AI manufacturing, following its chairman's participation at Nvidia's trillion-dollar dinner and ongoing collaborations highlighted in the same week's news roundup (Digitimes).