SoftBank has announced plans to invest up to โฌ75 billion (around $87 billion) in AI data centers across France, making it the largest AI infrastructure investment ever announced in Europe.
The project will create up to 5 gigawatts of AI computing capacity, with the first phase involving a โฌ45 billion investment and several major data center sites in northern France.
If completed as planned, it will be one of the largest AI data center developments in the world