This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Hibapress / Le Monde
“This is the equivalent for France of what the United States announced with Stargate,” said the head of state. Among the data centers launched, one will be by the French company Mistral AI.
“One hundred nine billion euros in investment in artificial intelligence, in the coming years. This is the amount announced by Emmanuel Macron, Sunday February 9 on France 2, on the eve of the opening, at the Grand Palais, of the artificial intelligence summit (IA), where several dozen heads of state and 1,000 participants are expected.
“This is the equivalent for France of what the United States announced with Stargate,” added the head of state. A reference to the $ 500 billion (485 billion euros) announced in mid-January by OPENAI, SoftBank, Oracle and MGX companies in a gigantic Data Centers complex, launched under the aegis of Donald Trump. The amount then struck the spirits with his excess.
The figure of 109 billion euros is very important. It mainly corresponds to data centers projects, necessary to train and operate AI, whose chips used for calculations cost tens of thousands of dollars.
A mega project in Cambrai
Thursday, the United Arab Emirates announced “30 billion to 50 billion euros” in investments in a Data Centers campus which would be the largest in Europe, as part of a partnership agreement in the IA signed with France.
