Luxembourg ‘Reaffirms’ AI Ambitions With Launch of AI Factory Service Catalogue

On Tuesday 2 December 2025, at the opening of the Data Summit Luxembourg 2025, Luxembourg Minister for Digitalisation and Minister for Higher Education and Research, Stéphanie Obertin, stressed the strategic importance of the Luxembourg AI Factory and presented the new Luxembourg AI Factory service catalogue.

Announced at the end of 2024 with the support of Luxembourg’s Ministry of the Economy, the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, and the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking, the Luxembourg AI Factory serves as the national platform dedicated to the responsible and secure adoption of AI. It is built on a consortium comprising LuxProvide, Luxinnovation, the Luxembourg National Data Service (LNDS), the University of Luxembourg and the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), along with a network of public and private stakeholders. The Luxembourg AI Factory is part of the network of thirteen AI Factories established across the European Union.

The ministries revealed that following several months of consultations involving all members of the consortium and participating partners, the Luxembourg AI Factory’s service catalogue is now available. Targeting businesses, start-ups, public administrations and the research community, the services offered provide support to ensure AI adoption that is safe, effective and compliant.

They noted that with the rapid emergence of artificial intelligence, organisations face major challenges: defining clear objectives, ensuring data quality, accessing sovereign infrastructure, addressing shortages in technical skills, and complying with the strengthened regulatory framework introduced by the EU AI Act. Luxembourg is meeting these challenges through an integrated approach that combines sovereign infrastructure, sector-specific expertise, strategic guidance and financial support, coordinated by the national innovation agency Luxinnovation, which acts as the single point of entry.

According to the ministries, the service catalogue is structured around six pillars, covering the entire lifecycle of an AI project — from early concept to large-scale deployment — Through its services, the Luxembourg AI Factory can help to:

Assess & Accelerate: The AI Factory assists organisations in conducting maturity assessments, refining objectives and defining realistic action plans to transform exploration into concrete project pathways. The aim is to ensure that every project is built on solid foundations and achieves maximum impact.

Upskill & Train: The AI Factory coordinates 140 to 200 training courses per year, ranging from introductory awareness sessions to operational mastery and specialist programmes. This offer contributes to developing the next generation of AI talent while ensuring that no one is left behind during the digital transition.

Connect: The AI Factory facilitates connections with technical experts, sector specialists, academic partners and European initiatives. It also supports data discovery and access—an essential component for training and testing AI models. The AI Factory acts as a catalyst for innovation and a central hub for both the national and European ecosystems.

Finance: The AI Factory eases access to national Research, Development and Innovation funding, as well as to European programmes such as Horizon Europe and Digital Europe. This support helps accelerate projects while reducing financial risk—an important advantage for SMEs and start-ups.

Build & Test: Organisations receive guidance in building and validating AI solutions, including experimental development, use of regulatory sandboxes, data management support and application of compliance principles under GDPR and the EU AI Act.

Scale & Deploy: The AI Factory provides support during the transition to production: data management, operational deployment, model supervision, lifecycle governance and integration into existing systems. Organisations can thus fully leverage AI on a continuous basis using sovereign infrastructure that guarantees performance, security and resilience.

Minister Obertin commented: “Thanks to the integrated approach of the Luxembourg AI Factory, Luxembourg is becoming a key player in building a robust, ethical and sovereign European AI ecosystem. As an active member of the EuroHPC programme and closely connected to other AI Factories, it plays a vital role in spreading best practices and creating cross-border synergies.”

Minister for the Economy, SMEs, Energy and Tourism, Lex Delles, added: “Through its broad range of services, the Luxembourg AI Factory strengthens SME competitiveness and accelerates innovation in companies. This initiative also supports the country's strategic sectors — finance, space, cybersecurity and the green economy — while remaining open to all industries, thereby reinforcing Luxembourg’s position within the European AI and data ecosystem.”

Mario Grotz, CEO of Luxinnovation, stated: “With this service catalogue, we reaffirm our ambition for the Luxembourg AI Factory: to enable every organisation to adopt AI within a sovereign, secure and compliant framework, transforming complexity into tangible opportunities. By bringing together infrastructure, expertise, funding and training in a single model, we aim to remove all traditional barriers and allow organisations to engage confidently in AI-driven development.”