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SoftBank to invest up to €75 bln in French AI data centers By Investing.com
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Investing.com-- SoftBank Group (TYO:9984) plans to invest up to 75 billion euros ($87.50 billion) to build and operate 5 gigawatts of artificial intelligence data center capacity in France, marking one of the largest AI infrastructure commitments in Europe. The announcement, made as part of President Emmanuel Macron's Choose France investment initiative, includes an initial investment of 45 billion euros to develop 3.1 GW of AI data center capacity in the Hauts-de-France region by 2031.
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