President Emmanuel Macron’s Choose France summit attracted €93 billion of foreign commitments, driven largely by AI‑infrastructure pledges. Japanese conglomerate SoftBank led the charge with an initial €45 billion earmarked for new data‑centre sites in northern France, part of a planned €75 billion total. The figure eclipses the €87 billion raised across the event’s eight previous editions. The surge reflects France’s strategy to leverage its low‑carbon electricity for AI compute.

Canadian Brookfield added €10 billion to French AI infrastructure, on top of a €20 billion pledge last year. The AI Campus venture, backed by Mistral, MGX, Bpifrance and Nvidia, raised its target from 1 GW to 3 GW, implying €7.5 billion more spending. Dutch neocloud Nebius pledged over €8 billion for data‑centre expansion. SoftBank estimates the project will generate thousands of construction and tech jobs across three sites.

Beyond AI, Tekever pledged €100 million and 100 jobs, while Revolut added €100 million to reach 650 staff in France. The influx also pressures rivals like the United States to accelerate data‑centre subsidies. By concentrating capital on compute and related sectors, Choose France reinforces Paris’s bid to become an AI hub and signals investor confidence in the carbon‑free grid.