Article 12b 5.

The Union financial contribution referred to in Article 5 shall cover up to 17 % of the capital expenditure (CAPEX) investments in the overall computing infrastructure of the AI gigafactory. Alternatively, the Union contribution may take the form of a pre-agreed guaranteed purchase of access time to the AI gigafactory, equivalent in value up to 17 % of the CAPEX of the overall computing infrastructure of the AI gigafactory. One or more Participating States shall at least match the Union contribution. The remaining investment and the operational expenditure (OPEX) of the AI gigafactory shall be covered by the AI gigafactory Consortium. In the case of multi-site single-country AI gigafactories, the full Union contribution, with the corresponding compute access rights, may be allocated to the largest constituent site. In the case of multi-site multi-country AI gigafactories, the Union contribution may be allocated to AI gigafactories that meet the required scale and to one AI gigafactory per participating Member State.