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Macron Leverages Nuclear Power for AI Data Centers

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French president Emmanuel Macron is promoting France as an AI hub by linking data center growth to the country’s low-carbon nuclear power capacity. Japan Times reports his advisers call the initiative “Project Marengo,” and that he persuaded SoftBank Group to consider up to EUR 75 billion in French investments, a figure Japan Times cites as equivalent to $87 billion. Reporting by Reuters describes France as planning to harness nuclear energy for AI data centres. Japan Times also reports Macron invited technology executives including OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis to a G7 summit lunch, according to people familiar with the matter. SoftBank separately announced in a press release a commitment to 3.1 gigawatts of capacity in northern France by 2031. Coverage highlights large-scale capital commitments paired with political uncertainty ahead of a presidential election.

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