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French private equity group Ardian backs €5bn AI ‘gigafactory’ outside Paris

Data centre and research facility to be built as Europe seeks to create ‘digital backbone for the future’

French private equity group Ardian backs €5bn AI ‘gigafactory’ outside Paris

TL;DR

  • Ardian, a French private equity group, is investing in a €5 billion AI gigafactory.
  • The facility will be located outside Paris.
  • It will function as a data center and a research facility.
  • The project aims to build Europe's 'digital backbone for the future'.