Article 12b 4.

AI gigafactories shall be selected based on a joint procurement between the Joint Undertaking and one or more contracting authorities from the Participating States. An AI gigafactory Consortium shall benefit from an explicit commitment by the Member State, provided to the Joint Undertaking, to finance its share of the AI gigafactory to be established within the territory of that Member State, following its selection in accordance with paragraph 19. That commitment shall be provided by the Member State before the launch of the call for expression of interest.