Europe must build own AI or risk getting cut off by US or China, says ECB’s Lagarde

Central bank chief says continent’s AI dependency could give trade partners unprecedented leverage in negotiations Europe must develop its own AI technology and build more datacentres in order to nullify the threat of being cut off by the US or China, according to the president of the European Ce...

Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/14/europe-ai-datacentres-growth-us-china-ecb-christine-lagarde)