Telecoms firm České Radiokomunikace (CRA) and high-performance computing company Bull have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop an AI gigafactory in the Czech Republic (aka Czechia).

The agreement will see Bull join a CRA-led consortium, the Czech AI Gigafactory initiative, bidding to build the facility under the auspices of the EU-wide European AI Gigafactories program.

DCD has approached CRA and Bull for comment.

“The Memorandum of Understanding with Bull opens up opportunities for cooperation in both hardware and software, the two key components of an AI Gigafactory,” said CRA’s CEO, Miloš Mastník, in a statement. “We want international and Czech companies, public administrations and researchers to be able to develop their own AI solutions here, helping the Czech Republic become a major center for artificial intelligence in Europe.”

Formerly IT multinational Atos’ AI, quantum and HPC division before it was renamed, spun out, and nationalized by the French government, Bull operates across 32 countries and provides AI and high-performance computing services.

Its inclusion in the Czech AI Gigafactory Initiative will bring not only new AI capabilities and infrastructure to the consortium, but also supply-chain manufacturing capabilities that could, in collaboration with Foxconn, enable the production of server technology in Czechia and France. The deal will also engage more than 200 of the firm’s AI engineers in the country on the gigafactory bid.

The Czech AI Gigafactory initiative was announced in April 2025. If approved, the total investment required for the data center will be CZK 100 billion ($4.5bn), according to Radio Prague International, with CZK 70 billion ($3.1bn) provided by CRA, and CZK 15 billion ($684m) each by the Czech government and the European Commission.

CRA, which leads the consortium developing the AI gigafactory, operates multiple data centers in the cities of Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Zlín, Lužice, and Pardubice.

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