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Government of France

3 developments involving Government of France in 4 countries and bodies. The most recent is Macron announces €93bn of Choose France investments led by AI data centres, 1 Jun 2026.

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  1. DealComputeFrance EU
    Macron announces €93bn of Choose France investments led by AI data centres

    France’s largest single data-centre pledge came from SoftBank, €45 billion for sites in northern France by 2031.

    Source, source copy (PDF, saved 21 Oct 2026)

  2. StatementFrontierInternational France
    Paris AI Action Summit closes with declaration the US and UK decline to sign

    The declaration added no safety commitments, after earlier summits in the series produced frontier-safety pledges. The US and UK did not sign it.

    Source, source copy (PDF, saved 18 Oct 2026)

  3. DealComputeFrance UAE
    France and the UAE agree a 1GW AI campus worth €30-50bn

    France gained a €30-50bn foreign commitment for AI compute, including a one-gigawatt campus, announced four days before the Paris AI Action Summit.

    Source, source copy (PDF, saved 18 Oct 2026)