Paris and Abu Dhabi announce a one-gigawatt AI campus in France

2025-02-06 · Publisher : France et Émirats arabes unis · Domain : Cloud & DevOps

At the AI Action Summit, Emmanuel Macron and the UAE president announce a 1 GW AI campus in France, with funding estimated between EUR 30 billion and EUR 50 billion.

### Background On 6 February 2025, on the sidelines of the AI Action Summit in Paris, Emmanuel Macron receives Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates, at the Élysée. The head of state announces the creation in France of a **1 GW AI-dedicated campus**, by a consortium of Franco-Emirati champions. The funding range mentioned is EUR 30 billion to EUR 50 billion. The Élysée specifies that a first investment tranche will be announced at the Choose France 2025 summit. The Emirati fund MGX is among the funders. ### Key facts - Targeted capacity: a 1 GW campus dedicated to artificial intelligence, in France. - Funding: between EUR 30 billion and EUR 50 billion, according to early information. - Structure: a framework agreement between France and the UAE, with a consortium of Franco-Emirati partners. - Scope of the cooperation: AI investment, advanced chips, data centres, talent and "virtual data embassies". - Next step: the first tranche is announced on 19 May 2025 (see the entry on the MGX joint venture). ### Why it matters A gigawatt-scale AI infrastructure project is announced in France, with foreign capital. For IT departments and services firms, it signals large-scale European compute supply, but the schedule and the funding range remain wide. The project also raises the question of power supply and governance of these capacities, sovereignty topics beyond compute. ### Takeaway A gigawatt-scale AI campus is announced in France at the Paris summit, with a very wide funding range.

Tags : Datacenter, Europe, IA, Souveraineté