Portugal-based Neuraspace secures €15.6 million in new financing to expand AI-enabled Space Domain Awareness and Space Traffic Management solutions. The funding combines private investment from Lince Capital, Explorer Investments and Armilar Venture Partners with Portugal’s Recovery and Resilience Plan support. Neuraspace monitors over 600 satellites and
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Portugal will contribute €200 million to a planned AI gigafactory by purchasing computing capacity rather than taking an equity stake, the Ministry for State Reform confirms. The funds would be used alongside €200 million in EU support if the Iberian bid with Spain is selected by November 2026. The project
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The European Commission opens bidding for seven AI data centres, four smaller and three larger, with public funding capped at €2 billion per project. Consortia must secure national backing from Germany, Greece, Portugal, Italy or Spain for larger hubs, or Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France and Poland for smaller ones. The
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Portugal’s Meo and Thales will submit a joint bid by the end of July to host satellite gateway services for the EU’s IRIS² constellation. The bid proposes Alfouvar as the main teleport and Santa Maria in the Azores as the secondary site, managed through the Portuguese Space Agency.
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Portugal launched AMALIA on 1 Jul 2026, an open source AI model trained on European Portuguese data. The Agency for State Technological Reform coordinated the €5.5 million EU-funded initiative to strengthen digital sovereignty across public administration, industry, and research. (Interoperable Europe OSOR)
