European Infrastructure Feasibility Institute

Publications & Studies

EIFI publishes analytical studies and feasibility reports addressing structural constraints in large-scale infrastructure, technology and industrial programmes.

These publications reflect independent, system-level analysis conducted using EIFI’s analytical frameworks, modelling capabilities and domain expertise across materials science, photonics, energy systems and advanced manufacturing.

EIFI publications are intended for industrial leadership, programme owners, institutional stakeholders and policy-adjacent organisations involved in complex, long-horizon decision-making.

Featured studies

System-level feasibility of AI-scale data centres in Europe

Scope

  • Energy availability and grid constraints
  • Cooling, land use and industrial coupling
  • Temporal mismatch between compute demand and power supply

Status: In preparation

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Photonics manufacturing at scale: materials, supply chains and industrial bottlenecks

Scope

  • Materials availability, purity and processing constraints
  • Manufacturing throughput and yield limitations
  • European and global supply chain dependencies

Status: In preparation

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Nuclear energy deployment under industrial and regulatory constraints

Scope

  • Fuel cycle dependencies and materials constraints
  • Construction timelines versus industrial capacity
  • Workforce, licensing and supply chain limitations

Status: In preparation

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Advanced materials feasibility for next-generation industrial systems

Scope

  • Materials substitution limits
  • Scale-up constraints from laboratory to industrial production
  • Interaction with semiconductor and photonics ecosystems

Status: In preparation

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Publication approach

EIFI publications focus on structural feasibility, not optimisation or advocacy.

They examine physical, industrial, material and regulatory constraints at the system level, identifying where assumptions break down and where limited but viable pathways may exist.

Publications may be released as:

  • Public analytical briefs
  • Mandate-based confidential reports
  • Structured feasibility memoranda

EIFI publications reflect independent analytical work conducted in the public interest.