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President Macron said France will attract €109 billion in data centres and AI projects “in the coming years,” making it the first European country with AI infrastructure on par with the US and China.
Ahead of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit starting today in Paris, France is going all in to address Europe’s irrelevance in AI, reaching an investment scale unseen in the region.
On Friday, Elysée Palace announced that the United Arab Emirates would invest €30 to €50 billion to build a huge data centre in the country.
This was followed up by Canada’s Brookfield Corporation announcing a €20 billion investment in AI infrastructure, while Macron said during an interview with France 2 TV on Sunday that France will reach a total of €109 billion for AI, with expected investments from French companies Iliad SA, Orange SA and Thales SA .
Théo Bourgery-Gonse contributed to this reporting.“}]]
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