Will partner with Schneider Electric for a "large-scale industrial production cluster" at the Port of Dunkirk
SoftBank plans to develop and operate 5GW of AI data center capacity in France, with an investment of up to €75 billion ($87.5bn).
The first phase, requiring an initial €45bn ($52.5bn) investment, aims to deliver 3.1GW of AI data center capacity in the Hauts-de-France region by 2031.
The initial data centers are planned for Dunkirk (Loon-Plage), Bosquel, and Bouchain.
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SoftBank’s initial investment plans to deliver data centers in Dunkirk, Bosquel and Bouchain.
The goal, the firm said, is to develop and operate up to 5 gigawatts of additional data center capacity.
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