
📊🇫🇷 €93 billion in foreign investments announced in France at the Palace of Versailles during Choose France 2026. This ninth edition alone surpasses the total of the previous eight editions combined, which amounted to €87 billion. More than half of the funding is directed toward artificial intelligence and data centers, with 15,600 jobs announced. Major international players are leading the initiative: - SoftBank plans €75 billion in total, including €45 billion by 2031, for data centers in Hauts-de-France in partnership with Schneider Electric. - Brookfield is adding €10 billion, bringing its total investment in France to €30 billion. - MGX, in alliance with Bpifrance, Mistral, and Nvidia, is preparing a second computing site worth approximately €7.5 billion. Emmanuel Macron aims to make France the leading European country for computing capacity.




